Psychological warfare loudspeakers to be put into operation within the month in reaction to South Korea's warning shots - North Korea's Yo Jong

[Seoul Jiji] On the 21st, North Korean General Secretary Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Jong Un, general affairs director of the ruling party, issued a statement in response to the South Korean military's warning broadcasts and warning shots on the same day at the Inter-Korean Military Demarcation Line, where North Korea is working to ``turn the border into a fortification.'' She announced that ``loudspeakers for psychological warfare against South Korea will be put into operation along the entire border line by October.'' This was reported by the Korean Central News Agency.

The conventional pattern was for the South Korean military to make psychological warfare broadcasts criticizing the North Korean regime and conveying information about South Korea's wealth, and North Korea to counteract the broadcasts by playing noise. It is not clear what kind of broadcast Mr. Yosho has in mind.

Yosho also threatened, ``If we fire a warning shot in response to the current situation, the situation at the border will deteriorate to an unimaginable degree.'' ``If the enemy's warning shots actually threaten the safety of our territory and our soldiers, we will punish them without mercy.''