South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said Monday more loudspeakers were installed near the DMZ last week. The total number of additional speakers are approximately twenty, according to multiple South Korean reports.

The loudspeakers deployed near inter-Korean border are expected to be clearly audible from over ten kilometers away and can operate under harsh weather conditions. They are intended to broadcast South Korean K-pop songs, government messages and propaganda.

“We finished the installation of loudspeakers against North Korea last week,” MND spokesperson Moon Sang-gyun said on Monday. “We are preparing a briefing on it for sometime this week.”

The government’s