South Korea Stops “Voice of Freedom” Radio Broadcasts into North Korea
I have always supported radio broadcasts as a low cost way to penetrate North Korea’s information blockade of its people and the Lee administration has given it up for nothing in return:
South Korea has halted the broadcast of a propaganda radio program into North Korea, the defense ministry said Monday, as the South seeks to mend frayed ties with the North.
The move is the latest in Seoul’s reconciliatory gestures, with President Lee Jae Myung vowing to restore inter-Korean ties and resume dialogue with Pyongyang.
“The defense ministry has halted the ‘Voice of Freedom’ broadcast as part of efforts to ease inter-Korean military tensions,” the ministry said in a notice to reporters.
South Korea had aired K-pop and news into North Korea through the halted radio program. Last year, it broadcast news on North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia in support of its war against Ukraine.
The ministry reportedly halted the broadcast starting earlier in the day, marking the first suspension of the radio program in 15 years. South Korea resumed the radio program in May 2010, following North Korea’s deadly attack on the South Korean naval corvette Cheonan.
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Why doesn’t clown pres. lee just surrender to nK, basically doing it in all but name only.
This is where I lose faith in liberal politicians, especially in South Korea.
How is it they show no “game”, no ability to “haggle” or bargain like the vendors at the big markets?
Are they too rich and never learned? Are they even Korean?
@setnaffa, @GIKorea, and the Setnaffarians keep advertising how little they grasp the basics of deal-making.
The playbook is simple: take the low-cost, on-your-side steps first to show good faith—then say, “we’ve moved; your turn.”
I don’t know where Lee stands on rapprochement with North Korea; like most people here, he probably doesn’t dwell on it—there are bigger problems in South Korea. But some in the DPK do, and this move may keep that faction quiet.
If it also buys quiet from the North—for example, no more shit filled balloon stunts—then Lee just banked some points.
Next time, try thinking a level deeper before you post.
The playbook is simple: take the low-cost, on-your-side steps first to show good faith—then say, “we’ve moved; your turn.”
Wait. The playbook is that simple?
Why hasn’t it ever worked.
Let me guess.
“True capitulation to communism has never been tried.”