March 28, 2024
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Seoul ordered Kim Jong Un’s name removed from loudspeaker broadcasts: lawmaker

ROK did not want to "provoke North Korea unnecessarily," military official reportedly said

The ROK government late last year ordered the military to remove mentions of Kim Jong Un from loudspeaker broadcasts into the North, the office of a South Korean lawmaker confirmed to NK News on Thursday.

Opposition politician Kim Hack-yong, chairman of the National Assembly's defense committee, was verbally briefed this week by a senior military officer at the army's psychological warfare division.

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