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By Richard Allen Greene, CNN

Updated 2:02 PM ET, Fri January 8, 2016

South Korea reactivates propaganda speakers 01:28

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(CNN)North Korea set off a nuclear blast this week, it

claimed, and now South Korea is blasting back.

South Korea is blasting music and propaganda

at the North

The South isn't using bombs or bullets, though. It's using

giant speakers to play propaganda and music across the
most heavily militarized border in the world.

The United States military did the same thing to

capture Manuel Noriega

Someone in the South's psychological operations command

seems to have a sense of humor, because this is what they're
playing:

Guantanamo Bay detainees report they were

subjected to music as torture

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Some would say another K-pop artist and song should definitely be on Seoul's playlist:

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South Korea resumed its cross-border DJing last year after 10 years of silence, but it's not the only country to use
music for military purposes.
The United States famously blasted music at Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega when they were trying to get
him to surrender to them in 1989.

He sought protection in the Vatican's diplomatic office when the United States invaded, and Southern Command
psychological operations officers responded by blasting SouthCom radio at him.
The station took requests from troops, some of whom seemed to be amusing themselves: The requests included
"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, "Give It Up" by K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and this classic from
Whitesnake:

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It's harder to chuckle at the other famous example of the United States using music as a weapon of war. Detainees
captured in the global "war on terror" reported having had rap, heavy metal and the theme song from the children's
TV program "Barney" played at them in captivity.
Binyam Mohamed, who spent years in U.S. custody in Afghanistan and then Guantanamo Bay, said he was
subjected to this Eminem hit for days on end:

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South Korean K-Pop War

On January eighth 2016, South Korea started to blast loud k-pop music and propaganda at the
North Korean border using giant speakers. The music is constantly playing, which is creating some
annoyance on North Koreas part. South Korea is blasting music into North Korea because North
Korea is testing the capabilities of their nuclear weapons. The South Koreans see this as a peaceful
protest, although music can be a form of torture to some people. South Korea is not using any guns
or other lethal weapons, but are only using catchy and repetitive k-pop music to get North Korea to
stop the nuclear bomb related activities.

This k-pop war is very interesting to me. It's not every day that you hear that South Korea is
blasting popular and catchy k-pop music into North Korea. I'm very curious to see what North
Korea does to combat this because South Korea is using an old tactic that the U.S used from the
Cold War which helped them win. Im also wondering what kind of threat North Korea is posing
because of their nuclear weapon usage to the rest of the world.

1. Why is North Korea so interested in testing nuclear bombs and what do they plan to do with
them?

2. Will there be a second Korean War?

3. Does North Korea pose a large threat to the rest of the world because of their nuclear bomb
usage?