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| South Korea PM asks for 'clear apology' from North amid tensions | |
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| South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said cross-border propaganda broadcasts will continue until Pyongyang apologises for landmines that injured two South Korean soldiers. | South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said cross-border propaganda broadcasts will continue until Pyongyang apologises for landmines that injured two South Korean soldiers. |
| North Korea has threatened to use force to stop the broadcasts, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula. | North Korea has threatened to use force to stop the broadcasts, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula. |
| High-level talks to resolve the issue have continued through a second night. | High-level talks to resolve the issue have continued through a second night. |
| Both country's militaries are on alert after a brief exchange of fire at the border on Thursday. | Both country's militaries are on alert after a brief exchange of fire at the border on Thursday. |
| 'Appropriate steps' | |
| North Korea denies laying the landmines which maimed the soldiers earlier this month as they were patrolling the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the heavily fortified border. | |
| It also denies shelling the South on Thursday, an incident which prompted return artillery fire from the South. | |
| "We need a clear apology and measures to prevent a recurrence of these provocations and tense situations," said Ms Park according to a statement released by her office. | |
| "Otherwise, this government will take appropriate steps and continue loudspeaker broadcasts." | |
| South Korea resumed the propaganda broadcasts along the DMZ earlier this month, after after an 11-year hiatus, in apparent retaliation for the landmine attack. | |
| The talks that began on Saturday have, for the time being, subdued heated rhetoric of imminent war. However, South Korea's military had said that the North is preparing for a fight, moving troops and submarines to the border. | |
| The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. | The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. |
| Loudspeakers and psychological warfare | Loudspeakers and psychological warfare |
| In 2004, South Korea and North Korea reached an agreement to dismantle their propaganda loudspeakers at the border. | In 2004, South Korea and North Korea reached an agreement to dismantle their propaganda loudspeakers at the border. |
| The broadcasts were part of a programme of psychological warfare, according to South Korean newspaper Korea Times, to deliver outside news so that North Korean soldiers and border-area residents could hear it. | |
| Mobilising the propagandists in North Korea | Mobilising the propagandists in North Korea |