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S Korea Raises Combat Readiness to Secure Propaganda on Border With North

© REUTERS / Kim Hong-JiSouth Korean mobile artillery vehicles are seen at a training field near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, January 7, 2016
South Korean mobile artillery vehicles are seen at a training field near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, January 7, 2016 - Sputnik International
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South Korea is ready to protect the sites where it placed loudspeakers to send propaganda messages to North Korea.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – South Korea has raised its combat readiness level to high alert along the border with North Korea where Seoul has placed numerous loudspeakers to send propaganda messages beginning at noon local time (18:00 GMT) on January 8, Yonhap cited a source in the South Korean Armed Forces as saying Thursday.

“Before the renewal of broadcasts over the loudspeakers placed in 10 areas and directed at North Korea at 12:00 p.m. on January 8, combat readiness has been raised to the highest level,” the source told the agency.

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