The crackly noise sounded like an ominous, giant gong beaten again and again on recent nights in the villages. On the other nights, some residents described hearing wolves howling, metal grinding together or ghosts screaming out of horror movies. North Korea has begun noise bombing an eerie that has scared the villagers and interfered with their activities.
The people living in Dangsan, a village close to the DMZ, claim that it has become almost impossible to live there anymore as they are under constant assault from noise; from gong-like crashes to ghostly screams- some noise bombing. A resident told the NY Times, “It is driving us crazy. You can’t sleep at night. It’s bombing without shells.”
Since July, North Korea’s loudspeakers have been active for 24 hours a day, replacing their traditional propaganda broadcasts with nerve-racking noises. These sounds are described as metallic grinding, howling wolves, or even artillery fire, and take a psychological toll on villagers, causing insomnia, headaches, and stress.
Noise Bombing By North Korea
Another resident said, ‘At least the old broadcasts were human sounds we could bear.’ Unlike traditional propaganda broadcasts, which included music and human voices, these noises have no discernible message.
A North Korean expert Kang Dong-wan said, “North Korea knows its propaganda no longer works on South Koreans. The goal of its loudspeakers has changed from spreading propaganda to forcing South Korea to stop its own broadcasts and leaflets.”
This act of outrageous sounds is part of the growing hostility between North and South Korea. North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, has ceased all forms of communication with South Korea and America. Meanwhile, South Korean President Yook Suk Seoul has ramped up military exercises with partner countries and resumed scaring North Korea with loudspeakers.
Tension Escalated Between Two Koreas
In May, North Korea retaliated against anti-Kim leaflets sent by defectors in the South by releasing balloons filled with trash. The South resumed broadcasting K-pop and news through loudspeakers, which led to the North’s eerie counterattack.
Even after numerous parliamentary visits and moving speeches about the plight of the population and affected regions, all that has been provided are a few words such as insulating windows with double glazing and giving livestock to swallow pills. People start to feel this is all being played on them as part of an unending political battle.
The two Koreans must recommit to their old agreements not to slander each other, said Koh Yu-hwan, a former head of the Korea Institute for National Unification. North Korea has been demolished by the key transport links and disrupted GPS signals near the border.
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