Seoul will tomorrow remove propaganda loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, the country’s military announced on Monday, three days after the Panmunjom Declaration saw the two countries agree to work towards a peace treaty.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) Choi Hyun-soo said the move represented a first step towards building trust between Seoul and Pyongyang.

“From May 1, our military will start to pull down broadcasting facilities of loudspeakers toward North Korea in the areas along the Military Demarcation Line preferentially as a follow-up measures to the Panmunjom Declaration,” Choi said at a regular news briefing.

The defense ministry,