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Kim Yo-jong, sister of Kim Jong-un, issues warning after inspecting border fortifications against backdrop of rising tensions

Propaganda loudspeakers aimed at South Korea will be ready to restart within days along the entire border, Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has said amid a worsening of ties between the two countries.

The statement, carried by the state news agency KCNA on Thursday, came a day after she said the loudspeakers would be in operation along the whole border from some time in October.

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© Photograph: í©ëNí êMé–; 朝鮮通信社/KCNA/KNS/AP

© Photograph: í©ëNí êMé–; 朝鮮通信社/KCNA/KNS/AP

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