North Korea to resume propaganda broadcasts, South Korea urges dialogue
Pyongyang plans to resume broadcasting anti-South Korean propaganda along the armed border.

Pyongyang plans to resume broadcasting anti-South Korean propaganda along the armed border.





![US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/reuters_6a8ea146-1787732294.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![A view of an explosion of a joint liaison office with South Korea in the North Korean border town of Kaesong in this picture supplied by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2020 [File: KCNA/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-16T031659Z_778856035_RC23KNA4WVWZ_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-SOUTHKOREA-1789531681.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Manila defence chief says Washington gave ‘definite assurances’ that its commitments to the Philippines remain.
Leader Kim Jong Un says vessel will form part of Pyongyang’s nuclear response system, strengthen naval forces.
The cancellation follows Trump’s surprise order last week to scale back a separate annual joint military drill.

South Korea has held a nationwide drill simulating an air raid to coincide with joint military exercises with the US.

US President Donald Trump praised his relationship with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.
Analysts say DTrump’s attempted rapprochement with Kim Jong Un is driven by political signals to Pyongyang and Seoul.
US president says conversations with Kim Jong Un at a ‘positive’ stage and slams Seoul for refusing to join war on Iran.

Donald Trump has ordered the US military to scale back joint exercises with South Korea.
Pyongyang conducts second weapons test in less than a week as Seoul, Washington gear up for annual military exercises.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused Japan of moving beyond a defensive posture.