South Korea began dismantling its loudspeakers near the border used for anti-Pyongyang propaganda in a “practical step” to ease tensions with North Korea, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Monday. “The removal is a follow-up measure to the suspension of loudspeaker broadcasts in June,

SEOUL and LONDON -- The South Korean military began dismantling loudspeakers that had been placed along its border with North Korea, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.