South Korea completed removing loudspeakers that had been installed along the DMZ to blast anti-Pyongyang messages across the border, military officials said Wednesday.

The speakers had previously been used to blast anti-North Korean propaganda, but the new liberal government in South Korea halts the broadcasts as it looks revive dialogue with Pyongyang.

This is a practical measure aimed at helping ease tensions with the North without compromising the military’s state of readiness,” South Korea’s Defense Ministry said via