Military loudspeakers followed by 'North Korea radio and TV broadcasts' also suspended.. National Intelligence Service's broadcasts turned off

[Financial News] It has been reported that the government recently suspended the broadcasts to North Korea following the suspension of military loudspeaker broadcasts. The National Intelligence Service's TV and radio broadcasts to North Korea, which have been operated for decades, have all been suspended. It is reported that these broadcasts to North Korea have been sequentially suspended since Lee Jae-myung, appointed by President Lee Jae-myung, took office as the head of the National Intelligence Service.
According to the private North Korea radio broadcast National Unification Broadcasting on the 21st, the National Intelligence Service's radio broadcast channels to North Korea have been suspended one after another this month. It has also been reported that the TV broadcasts to North Korea managed by the National Intelligence Service have recently been suspended. However, the National Intelligence Service has not yet officially responded to whether they have suspended the broadcasts to North Korea.
Previously, the Lee Jae-myung government had requested the suspension of private organizations' leaflets to North Korea and also suspended the military's loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea.
The Lee Jae-myung government is reviewing various measures to improve inter-Korean relations. It is reported that individual tourism to North Korea, which was included in President Lee Jae-myung's 2022 presidential campaign pledge, is one of them.
It is known that this measure was officially mentioned at the recent National Security Council (NSC) meeting presided over by President Lee. However, discussions are ongoing about allowing only small-scale individual travel on a cost settlement basis, rather than large-scale package tours. In the case of cost settlement, it can avoid sanctions against North Korea because there is no large influx of remittances to North Korea.
Gu Byeong-sam, spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification, mentioned this at a regular briefing on this day, saying, "Tourism to North Korea on a cost basis does not violate sanctions against North Korea," regarding the possibility of allowing individual tourism. However, spokesperson Gu explained that "we are establishing and promoting North Korea policies with the goal of easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and improving inter-Korean relations, and are reviewing various measures in this process," but nothing has been finalized yet. Tourism to North Korea has been suspended for 17 years since the 2008 shooting incident of a South Korean tourist at Mount Kumgang. rainman@fnnews.com Kim Kyung-soo reporter


rainman@fnnews.com Kim Kyung-soo reporter