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북한군이 14일 새벽에도 남쪽을 향해 대남 전단을 살포한 것이 포착됐다고 우리 군이 밝혔다.
전하규 합동참모본부 공보실장은 이날 국방부 정례브리핑에서 "북한군이 어제 밤과 오늘 새벽 사이 또다시 대남 전단을 살포한 것이 식별됐다"고 밝혔다.
전하규 합동참모본부 공보실장은 이날 국방부 정례브리핑에서 "북한군이 어제 밤과 오늘 새벽 사이 또다시 대남 전단을 살포한 것이 식별됐다"고 밝혔다.
북한군이 지난 12일 밤과 13일 새벽 사이에 대남 전단을 살포한 데 이어 이틀째 남쪽으로 전단을 날려보낸 것이다. 북한군은 이번에도 임진각 북쪽 지역에서 대남 전단을 살포한 것으로 파악됐다.
전 실장은 "어제 수거한 대남 전단은 모두 수만장에 달한다"며 "우리 군은 상황을 예의주시하고 있다"고 덧붙였다.
전 실장은 "어제 수거한 대남 전단은 모두 수만장에 달한다"며 "우리 군은 상황을 예의주시하고 있다"고 덧붙였다.
김민석 국방부 대변인은 "북한은 인권도 없고 항상 도발적, 위협적이라는 것을 누구나 안다"며 "(우리 국민이) 북한군의 대남 전단에 심리적으로 영향받을 이유는 없다고 본다"고 강조했다.
우리 군은 북한군의 대남 전단 살포에 대응해 대북 확성기 방송 외에도 전광판 설치 등으로 심리전을 강화하는 방안을 검토 중이다.
김민석 국방부 대변인은 "북한은 인권도 없고 항상 도발적, 위협적이라는 것을 누구나 안다"며 "(우리 국민이) 북한군의 대남 전단에 심리적으로 영향받을 이유는 없다고 본다"고 강조했다.
우리 군은 북한군의 대남 전단 살포에 대응해 대북 확성기 방송 외에도 전광판 설치 등으로 심리전을 강화하는 방안을 검토 중이다.
김민석 국방부 대변인은 "북한은 인권도 없고 항상 도발적, 위협적이라는 것을 누구나 안다"며 "(우리 국민이) 북한군의 대남 전단에 심리적으로 영향받을 이유는 없다고 본다"고 강조했다.
우리 군은 북한군의 대남 전단 살포에 대응해 대북 확성기 방송 외에도 전광판 설치 등으로 심리전을 강화하는 방안을 검토 중이다. (연합)
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North Korea continues spreading leaflets in South Korea
North Korean leaflets criticizing the South were spotted for a second consecutive day in South Korea's border towns Thursday as the rivals escalated their psychological warfare across the border in the wake of the communist nation's recent nuclear test.
"We detected the North Korean military spreading anti-South leaflets again last night and early in the morning today," Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Jeon Ha-kyu said.
Police retrieved the leaflets in Paju and Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, located just northwest of Seoul.
About dozens of thousands of such North Korean leaflets were collected on Wednesday alone, one day after the North started sending the leaflets, the JCS spokesman said.
"Our military is closely watching the situation," Jeon said, referring to growing security concerns.
Earlier in the day, the roof of one sport utility vehicle was severely damaged after a bundle of North Korean leaflets was dropped on the car in Ilsan. The fliers are usually carried in huge plastic balloons when they are floated to the other side of the border to be strewn from the sky.
Despite the episode, "villagers remain unaffected, paying no attention" to the propaganda leaflets, said Yoon Jong-won, the representative of a small village in the border city of Paju.
Animosity is increasing across the border following North Korea's surprise nuclear test on Jan. 6. The country said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, a claim that the outside world doubts because of the weak intensity of the earthquake registered by the detonation.
Two days later, Seoul started loudspeaker broadcasts along the tensely guarded border, blaring messages critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a resumption of the propaganda warfare that both countries had agreed to end in 2004.
The broadcasts are believed to infuriate the North, where the sacred image of the Kim family is maintained through tight control of outside information.
In counteractions, the North started its own propaganda broadcasts along the border and sent what was suspected as a surveillance drone across the border Wednesday.
South Korea fired about 20 warning shots before the aerial vehicle returned to the North.
South Korea is reviewing the addition of another psychology warfare tactic along the border, electronic display boards emitting political messages toward North Korea, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a briefing.
"A related plan is under review," Kim said.
The resumption of the electric board operation would revive two of the three major propaganda operations, including the leaflets, which the two Koreas had actively employed in an ideological rivalry before the 2004 agreement brought them to a halt.
In a televised national address on Wednesday, President Park Geun-hye vowed to strengthen psychological warfare against North Korea, calling it "the surest and most effective" measure.
Amid the growing tensions, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Jang Jun-gyu visited a front-line military division earlier in the day to inspect an artillery fire exercise.
"Stand with full combat readiness so you can respond immediately if the enemy makes additional military provocations," the general told troops stationed there. (Yonhap)
North Korea continues spreading leaflets in South Korea
North Korean leaflets criticizing the South were spotted for a second consecutive day in South Korea's border towns Thursday as the rivals escalated their psychological warfare across the border in the wake of the communist nation's recent nuclear test.
"We detected the North Korean military spreading anti-South leaflets again last night and early in the morning today," Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Jeon Ha-kyu said.
Police retrieved the leaflets in Paju and Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, located just northwest of Seoul.
About dozens of thousands of such North Korean leaflets were collected on Wednesday alone, one day after the North started sending the leaflets, the JCS spokesman said.
"Our military is closely watching the situation," Jeon said, referring to growing security concerns.
Earlier in the day, the roof of one sport utility vehicle was severely damaged after a bundle of North Korean leaflets was dropped on the car in Ilsan. The fliers are usually carried in huge plastic balloons when they are floated to the other side of the border to be strewn from the sky.
Despite the episode, "villagers remain unaffected, paying no attention" to the propaganda leaflets, said Yoon Jong-won, the representative of a small village in the border city of Paju.
Animosity is increasing across the border following North Korea's surprise nuclear test on Jan. 6. The country said it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, a claim that the outside world doubts because of the weak intensity of the earthquake registered by the detonation.
Two days later, Seoul started loudspeaker broadcasts along the tensely guarded border, blaring messages critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a resumption of the propaganda warfare that both countries had agreed to end in 2004.
The broadcasts are believed to infuriate the North, where the sacred image of the Kim family is maintained through tight control of outside information.
In counteractions, the North started its own propaganda broadcasts along the border and sent what was suspected as a surveillance drone across the border Wednesday.
South Korea fired about 20 warning shots before the aerial vehicle returned to the North.
South Korea is reviewing the addition of another psychology warfare tactic along the border, electronic display boards emitting political messages toward North Korea, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a briefing.
"A related plan is under review," Kim said.
The resumption of the electric board operation would revive two of the three major propaganda operations, including the leaflets, which the two Koreas had actively employed in an ideological rivalry before the 2004 agreement brought them to a halt.
In a televised national address on Wednesday, President Park Geun-hye vowed to strengthen psychological warfare against North Korea, calling it "the surest and most effective" measure.
Amid the growing tensions, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Jang Jun-gyu visited a front-line military division earlier in the day to inspect an artillery fire exercise.
"Stand with full combat readiness so you can respond immediately if the enemy makes additional military provocations," the general told troops stationed there. (Yonhap)
