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North Korea removing loudspeakers from border area

File photo taken in October 2024 shows a loudspeaker in North Korea seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North. South Korea's military said on Aug. 9, 2025, it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts.

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Golf: BMW Ladies Championship

Minjee Lee of Australia poses with the trophy after winning the BMW Ladies Championship golf tournament at the Seowon Valley Country Club in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 22, 2023.

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S. Korea-U.S. joint exercise

A drone of the South Korean army is flown during a South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise shown to the press in Paju, South Korea, on Jan. 13, 2023.

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S. Korea's private condolence delegation returns from N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an unofficial South Korean condolence delegation to North Korea are surrounded by the media upon their arrival in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2011. They paid tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

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S. Korea's private condolence delegation returns from N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Hee Ho (C), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and other members of an unofficial South Korean condolence delegation arrive in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2011. They paid tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

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N. Korea defectors release anti-Pyongyang messages

PAJU, South Korea - Defectors from North Korea release balloons with messages denouncing the North Korean regime in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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Leaflets criticizing N. Korean regime released

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean group consisting of defectors from North Korea release into the sky balloons carrying some 200,000 leaflets and DVDs criticizing the North Korean regime in Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Sept. 21, 2014.

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S. Korean Catholic cardinal visits N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Roman Catholic Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo Jung arrives at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, after visiting the joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea, on May 21, 2014.

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Motorcyclists cross Korean DMZ

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of five New Zealand motorcyclists are pictured on a road in Paju, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2013, after traveling from North Korea crossing the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas. Both Koreas granted permission for the journey.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles are pictured at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 12, 2013, carrying finished products and raw materials retrieved from the facilities of South Korean companies operating in a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. The products and materials had been stuck in the zone for about three months.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles are pictured at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 12, 2013, carrying finished products and raw materials retrieved from the facilities of South Korean companies operating in a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. The products and materials had been stuck in the zone for about three months.

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Visit to inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 10, 2013, shows vehicles carrying representatives of South Korean companies returning from a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. They visited the zone for maintenance checks on their facilities and to retrieve finished products and raw materials stuck in the zone for nearly three months.

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Visit to inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 10, 2013, carrying representatives of South Korean companies returning from a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. They visited the zone for maintenance checks on their facilities and to retrieve finished products and raw materials stuck in the zone for nearly three months.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles are pictured at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 10, 2013, carrying representatives of South Korean companies operating in a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. The representatives plan to visit the industrial zone for maintenance checks on their facilities and to retrieve finished products and raw materials stuck in the zone for nearly three months.

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Inter-Korean industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean vehicles arrive at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, returning from an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North's border town of Kaesong on April 30, 2013. North Korea pulled out its 53,000 laborers from the zone and prevented the entry of South Korean staff and industrial materials earlier in the month.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean vehicles loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrive at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean vehicle loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrives at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean vehicles loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrive at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean vehicle loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrives at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles of South Korean media outlets are on standby in front of a bridge in Paju, South Korea, on the border with North Korea, on April 27, 2013. The bridge leads to a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean businessmen hold a press conference at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013, after North Korea rejected their request to visit an joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles loading food and medicines are on standby at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013. North Korea rejected a request the same day by a group of South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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Korea joint industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean military vehicle leads other South Korean vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 8, 2013, returning from a joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong. North Korea, which banned South Korean workers from traveling to the Kaesong industrial zone as it ratchets up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, said on April 8 that it will withdraw all North Korean workers from the joint industrial complex and temporarily suspend operations there.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013, returning from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong, carrying clothes being manufactured in Kaesong. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from Kaesong for the second day running.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows a South Korean vehicle at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013, returning from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong, carrying clothes being manufactured in Kaesong. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from Kaesong for the second day running.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean trucks turning around at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong for the second day running.

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N. Korea blocks S. Koreans from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows a South Korean truck turning around at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 4, 2013. North Korea blocked South Korean workers and cargo from the inter-Korean industrial zone at the North's border town of Kaesong for the second day running.

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N. Korea bans S. Koreans from joint industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean woman answers reporters' questions at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 3, 2013, after returning from the jointly operated industrial complex at the North's border town of Kaesong. North Korea has banned South Korean workers from entering the industrial complex and is only allowing South Korean workers to leave Kaesong to return home, South Korea's Unification Ministry said the same day.

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N. Korea bans S. Koreans from joint industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 3, 2013, which have returned from the jointly operated industrial complex at the North's border town of Kaesong. North Korea has banned South Korean workers from entering the industrial complex and is only allowing South Korean workers to leave Kaesong to return home, South Korea's Unification Ministry said the same day.

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N. Korea bans S. Koreans from joint industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Trucks turn around in Paju, South Korea, on April 3, 2013, after North Korea banned South Korean workers from entering the jointly operated industrial complex at the North's border town of Kaesong.

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Workers heading to Kaesong complex

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows news media filming vehicles in Paju, South Korea, on April 1, 2013, carrying South Korean workers to an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea's Kaesong.

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Workers heading to Kaesong complex

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows vehicles in Paju, South Korea, on April 1, 2013, carrying South Korean workers to an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea's Kaesong.

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S. Korea blocks activists

PAJU, South Korea - A man protests after South Korean riot police prevent activists releasing balloons with propaganda leaflets across the border with North Korea, in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 22, 2012. North Korea had threatened to carry out a military strike on the launch site.

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S. Korea blocks activists

PAJU, South Korea - Riot police block a truck carrying activists attempting to release balloons with propaganda leaflets across the border with North Korea, in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 22, 2012. North Korea had threatened to carry out a military strike on the launch site.

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S. Korean lawmakers visit industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers hold a press conference in Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, upon returning from a joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong.

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S. Korean lawmakers visit industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers return to Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, from a joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong.

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S. Korean lawmakers head to industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties wave in Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, before heading to the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong. It is the first visit to the complex by South Korean lawmakers after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung heads for N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 26, 2011, shows a motorcade carrying Lee Hee Ho, the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and other people who are heading for North Korea to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung heads for N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Hee Ho (L), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong Eun (R) are seen in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 26, 2011, as they head for North Korea to express condolences over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung heads for N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Hee Ho (L front), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong Eun (R front) are seen in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 26, 2011, as they head for North Korea to express condolences over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung heads for N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Hee Ho (L front), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong Eun (R front) are seen in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 26, 2011, as they head for North Korea to express condolences over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Message to North

PAJU, South Korea - A man holds baby socks and a letter bearing a message reading ''Be alive until the day of unification'' in Paju, a South Korean city near the border with North Korea, on Dec. 24, 2011, before attaching them to one of the balloons to be floated to the North.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows a village in North Korea. Figures are seen at the lower left. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows North Korea's flag being flown at half-mast in a village in North Korea, which is located about 10 kilometers away from where the photo was taken. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - People including defectors from North Korea release large balloons carrying about 200,000 leaflets criticizing the North's government into the sky during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang Jang Yop's death. Hwang, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting from the North in 1997.

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S. Korea's ruling party chief visits N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Hong Joon Pyo (C), chairman of South Korea's Grand National Party, waves at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2011, before touring a joint inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong. It is the first trip to North Korea by a leader of the South Korean ruling party under the current South Korean administration of President Lee Myung Bak launched in 2008.

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S. Korea activists send balloons to North

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of South Korean activists send balloons stuffed with $1 bills and leaflets critical of the North Korean regime over to North Korea from the border city Paju, South Korea, on April 29, 2011.

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Japan-S. Korea friendly

PAJU, South Korea - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (L) and South Korean team manager Cho Kwang Rae shake hands during a press conference in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 11, 2010, ahead of a friendly in Seoul.

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks on joint industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - A senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry speaks to reporters at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office just south of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in Paju on June 19 before leaving for the inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong in North Korea.

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Groundbreaking ceremony held to reconnect Korea railway

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea holds a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 18 to kick off work to reconnect severed rails and roads with North Korea. The Kyonguisun railway in the demilitarized zone was cut when the Korean War broke out in 1950. The ceremony was held at Imjin Pavilion near the inter-Korean border in Paju, Kyonggi Province, with the presence of President Kim Dae Jung and about 1,000 dignitaries.