Massive loudspeakers mounted on several of the buildings deliver DPRK propaganda broadcasts directed towards the South . Originally , they extolled the North 's virtues in great detail and urged disgruntled soldiers and farmers to walk across the border to be received as brothers . Few if any took up the offer , and they switched to anti-Western speeches , agitprop operas , and patriotic marching music for up to 20 hours a day . From 2004 to 2016 , North and South agreed to end their loudspeaker broadcasts at each other . The broadcasts resumed in 2016 due to escalating tensions as a result of the January 2016 nuclear test , though the South unilaterally decided to halt its broadcasts at midnight on 22 April 2018 as a gesture of goodwill days before the 2018 inter-Korean summit was held on 27 April
January 2016 nuclear test
January 2016 North Korean nuclear test
Peace Village (North Korea)