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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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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

This photo shows a building damaged after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

This photo shows a building damaged after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

This photo shows a building damaged after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

Rescuers leave a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

Smoke billows after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

An ambulance is seen near a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korea Drills Accidental Bombing Civilian Area - Pocheon

Security personnel cordon off a civilian area where a fighter jet dropped bombs by accident during live-fire drills in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Seven people were injured Thursday after a fighter jet dropped bombs on South Korea's civilian area by accident during live-fire drills, the South Korean air force said. The KF-16 fighter jet abnormally dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a live-fire range in the inter-Korean border town of Pocheon, some 40 km north of the capital Seoul, at about 10:00 a.m. local time. Photo by Yao Qilin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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5th anniversary of inter-Korean summit

Former South Korean President Moon Jae In delivers a speech at a ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2023, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 2018 inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang at which Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint declaration.

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5th anniversary of inter-Korean summit

Former South Korean President Moon Jae In delivers a speech at a ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2023, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 2018 inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang at which Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint declaration.

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S. Korea's Unification Minister Kwon Young Se

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young Se gives a statement in Seoul on April 11, 2023, in which he expressed disappointment over North Korea's unresponsiveness to routine inter-Korean calls.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Lee leaves for Kaesong to prepare for inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) speaks to journalists, as Unification Minister Lee Jae Jeong (L) looks on, before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong on Aug. 14 to attend preparatory talks for a second inter-Korean summit.

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 18 Kyodo - South Korean President Moon Jae In (C), alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, gestures toward the crowd upon his arrival at Pyongyang airport on Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyeongyang Press Corps)

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018. (Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps)

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - People in Seoul watch a live broadcast showing South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018.

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - South Korean President Moon Jae In (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk near the border between their countries in Panmunjeom on April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool)

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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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S. Korea confirms crashed drones from North

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of South Korea's Defense Ministry announce the result of a joint investigation with the United States in Seoul on May 8, 2014, saying the drones recovered near the inter-Korean border belong to North Korea.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (C), head of the South Korean delegation, gives a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held the first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (R), head of the South Korean delegation, shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held their first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (L), head of the South Korean delegation, meets with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae (R) in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held their first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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S. Korean lawmakers visit Kaesong

DORASAN, South Korea - A group of South Korean lawmakers are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, before crossing the border into North Korea on Oct. 30, 2013, to visit the inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean vehicles heading to a joint industrial zone in the North Korean border town of Kaesong are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ki Woong, South Korea's chief delegate heading to talks with the North Korean side in a joint industrial in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, is pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean managers and workers heading to a joint industrial zone in the North Korean border town of Kaesong are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean vehicles heading to a joint industrial zone in the North Korean border town of Kaesong are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Inter-Korean transit office

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken at the inter-Korean transit office in northern South Korea on Aug. 22, 2013, shows vehicles carrying representatives of South Korean companies heading for a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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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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S. Korea's unification minister teaches students

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae gives a lesson on national unification to a class of sixth-graders at an elementary school in Munsan near the inter-Korean border on May 27, 2013.

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S. Korea's unification minister teaches students

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae (C top) poses for group photos with sixth-graders after giving them a lesson on national unification at an elementary school in Munsan near the inter-Korean border on May 27, 2013.

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Davies in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Nam Shik (L), vice minister of the Ministry of Unification in charge of inter-Korean affairs, shakes hands with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, in Seoul on May 14, 2013.

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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. Korea to withdraw all workers from Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae holds a press conference in Seoul on April 26, 2013. Ryoo said South Korea has decided to withdraw all South Korean workers at the inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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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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Inter-Korean industrial zone

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows buildings in an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows an area inside an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows workers at a garment factory in an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows workers at a garment factory in an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.