The North has been broadcasting a horror movie-esque soundtrack into border areas since last year, as part of an escalating propaganda war between the arch foes.
“Today, there was no region where North Korea’s noise broadcasts to the South were heard,“ Seoul’s military said in a statement Thursday.
Relations between the two Koreas have been at one of their lowest points in years, with Seoul taking a hard line towards Pyongyang, which has drawn ever closer to Moscow in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The North claimed the balloons -- which contained toilet paper and other garbage -- were retaliation for similar missives floated northwards by activists in the South, carrying anti-Kim Jong Un propaganda.
On Ganghwa island, which is close to the North, the strange noises were last heard Wednesday at around 6:00 pm (0900 GMT), its county councillor Park Heung-yeol told AFP.
“I slept so well last night. I had not been able to do that for so long,“ another Ganghwa resident An Mi-hee told AFP.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which oversees contact with the North, said Pyongyang’s apparent move to end the noise broadcasts “helped relieve the suffering of residents in (South Korea’s) border areas”.
Lim Eul-chul, a professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, told AFP that the moves were “an encouraging development.”
“Given the current approach of the new government, a fragile but meaningful peace is likely to hold -- at least for now. There is reason to hope for an improvement in inter-Korean relations,“ Lim added.
On the campaign trail, Lee accused Yoon of deliberately provoking the North to justify his martial law bid in December -- prompting backlash from conservatives.
On Thursday, North Korean state media quoted leader Kim as saying that ties between the North and Russia have developed into an “indestructible, genuine” relationship.
The two Koreas technically remain at war because the 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
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