South Korea's border with its northern neighbour is considered one of the most dangerous. -AP
South Korean authorities have begun removing loudspeakers blaring anti-North Korea broadcasts along the border that divides the two nations.
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Seoul's defence ministry revealed the move on Monday, as the new government of President Lee Jae Myung seeks to ease tensions with Pyongyang.
Shortly after he took office in June, Lee's administration switched off propaganda broadcasts criticising the North Korean regime as it looks to revive stalled dialogue with its neighbour.
But North Korea recently rebuffed the overtures and said it had no interest in talking to South Korea.
The countries remain technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean war ended in a truce and relations have deteriorated in the last few years.
South Korea's dismantling of the loudspeakers is just a "practical measure to help ease tensions between the South and the North", the ministry said in a statement.
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