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A North Korean resident drives an oxcart on a field in the North Korean town of Kaepung on the western front-line border with South Korea, in this photo taken from an observatory in the South ...

Every day since July last year, loudspeakers on the other side of the inter-Korean border have been blaring haunting noises or loud crackly ones, like a gong being beaten or metal grinding.

That the provocations exchanged between the Koreas – leaflets, balloons, and noise – were of relatively low intensity should give no one a sense of security.