{
  "id": 15992428,
  "title": "S. Korea urges NK to stop border escalation acts amid Pyongyang's loudspeaker threat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/s-korea-urges-nk-to-stop-border-escalation-acts-amid-pyongyangs-15992428",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T03:32:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261022/s-korea-urges-nk-to-stop-border-escalation-acts-amid-pyongyangs-loudspeaker-threat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea's unification ministry has urged North Korea to cease actions that could escalate tensions along their disputed border following Pyongyang's warning of resuming loudspeaker broadcasts criticizing Seoul. The ministry made the call in response to Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, threatening to resume the broadcasts and voicing concerns about a \"horrible and distressing situation\" arising from Pyongyang's ongoing border fortification efforts. The unification ministry emphasized that any actions violating the Armistice Agreement, which ended the Korean War in 1953, and that increase tensions and the risk of clashes along the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) must be halted immediately. The ministry also cautioned against repeating past mistakes, noting that loudspeaker broadcasts targeting each other were used by the two Koreas until June 2025, causing significant suffering for people on both sides of the border. The ministry stated that the only way to prevent tensions and the risk of clashes between the two Koreas is not specified in the source.",
  "summary": "The unification ministry on Thursday called on North Korea to immediately stop acts that could increase the risk of clashes with South Korea along the border after the North warned of resuming loudspeaker broadcasts against Seoul. The ministry issued the statement after Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, threatened to resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea urges NK to stop border escalation acts amid Pyongyang's loudspeaker threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/s-korea-urges-nk-to-stop-border-escalation-acts-amid-pyongyangs",
        "published": "2026-10-22T02:57:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}