Seoul: Military officials said on Wednesday that the South Korean military has completed the removal of loudspeakers used for propaganda broadcasts against North Korea along the inter-Korean border. The officials stated that about 20 loudspeakers installed in front-line areas were removed as of Tuesday afternoon, nearly a day after the military began removing them on Monday in an effort to ease tensions between the two Koreas.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the removed loudspeakers will be stored in military units. This move comes less than two months after President Lee Jae-myung ordered the suspension of loudspeaker broadcasts in front-line areas as part of efforts to mend strained relations with the North.

North Korea has since responded by suspending its noisy campaigns against the South in June. However, North Korea has so far shown no signs of removing its loudspeakers along the border areas in response to the South’s removal, according to military officials.