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Old Jun 13, 2025 | 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by aztimm
That's exactly my thought.

But on my first field exercise in Korea, I remember waking up one morning thinking, "who is playing their radio so loud?" I went outside and saw the enormous speakers blaring at us and the HUGE flag across the border.
I was amazed by these too when I toured the DMZ in the mid-90s. However, I just read that the new prime minister of South Korea has ordered that its propaganda radio broadcasts to the North be immediately terminated. Somehow, I doubt that the North will reciprocate.
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