{
  "id": 15992939,
  "title": "North Korea's Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready within days",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-warns-south-korea-says-border-loudspeakers-15992939",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T03:24:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445415/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-warns-south-korea-says-border-loudspeakers-to-be-ready-within-days"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader, has warned South Korea that anti-South Korean loudspeakers will be ready along the border within days. This comes as Pyongyang puts new countermeasures on alert and accuses South Korean troops of conducting warning broadcasts and warning shots. If South Korea continues its actions, Kim said, \"the most horrible and distressing situation\" would occur. South Korea maintains that warning shots were fired as defensive measures. Kim's statements indicate that South Korean efforts to strengthen control in the demilitarized zone are having an effect. The military and Unification Ministry urge North Korea to return to talks to resolve differences. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's attempts to ease inter-Korean hostility have been put under pressure by these threats, which mark the highest tensions on the heavily fortified frontier since he took office last year.",
  "summary": "SEOUL: North Korea will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers on standby along the entire border within days and has put unspecified new countermeasures on alert, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader, said on Thursday. The statement came with a warning to Seoul of “the most horrible and distressing situation” if South Korea continued what Pyongyang calls interference in the…",
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    "Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea of ready loudspeakers along the border within days.",
    "North Korea accuses South Korean troops of conducting warning broadcasts and warning shots.",
    "Kim Yo Jong says most horrible and distressing situation would occur if tensions persist."
  ],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "N.K. leader's sister warns of 'new counter means' at border with S. Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/n-k-leaders-sister-warns-of-new-counter-means-at-border-with-s-korea",
        "published": "2026-10-21T21:46:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "NK leader's sister warns of 'new counter means' at border with S. Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nk-leaders-sister-warns-of-new-counter-means-at-border-with-s-korea",
        "published": "2026-10-21T22:47:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "North Korea threatens to reinstall propaganda loudspeakers along border with Seoul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/north-korea-threatens-to-reinstall-propaganda-loudspeakers-along",
        "published": "2026-10-21T22:48:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "North Korea puts countermeasures on alert, readies border loudspeakers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/north-korea-puts-countermeasures-on-alert-readies-border-loudspeakers",
        "published": "2026-10-22T01:42:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready within days",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-warns-south-korea-says-border-loudspeakers",
        "published": "2026-10-22T02:35:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-warns-south-korea-says-border-loudspeakers-15989359",
        "published": "2026-10-22T03:02:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}