North Korea tensionsSouth Korea hints at thaw in North Korea ties with loudspeaker halt
Left-leaning administration in Seoul could be seeking to engage with Pyongyang
North Korean farmers work alongside placards showing propaganda slogans, near the border with South Korea, on April 23. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
SEOUL -- South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, on Wednesday ordered the military to cease loudspeaker broadcasts of music and propaganda messages into North Korea in a possible indication of cooling cross-border tensions under Seoul's new administration.