History. In three of six statements since 2010, the other Korean government answered with its own loudspeaker broadcasts. Each time it was North Korea that answered.
Hunch. South Korea's government took its loudspeakers down last year and on 23 October offered the North military talks instead.
Resolves YES if by the end of 30 November 2026, Seoul time, South Korea's government or military says, or two of Reuters, BBC and The Guardian report, that the South has restarted news or music broadcasts to the North from loudspeakers on the border. Spoken warnings to North Korean soldiers who cross the line, radio and leaflets do not count.
We looked for cases where one of the two Korean governments said in public that it would restart a hostile step on the border that both sides had stopped before. We found six such statements since 2010, all on this border. Four times the step began, each time within five days of the statement.