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North Korea appears to have conducted a test broadcast of its propaganda loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border on Thursday, Oct. 29, according to Yonhap and Korea Times. Residents in border areas, including Daeseong-dong (Freedom Village) inside the DMZ, reported hearing broadcasts from early morning, with one describing brief singing followed by eerie sounds, and another in Paju's Tongil Village hearing "ghost screams" while harvesting rice. This follows Kim Yo-jong's Oct. 22 warning of "new response measures" and that loudspeakers would be ready within days, as reported by KBS World and Korea Times. South Korea's military assessed that artillery deployed along the western border is legacy weaponry, not a new system, per Yonhap on Oct. 27. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young urged the North on Oct. 28 to accept Seoul's proposal for military talks after a land mine blast, as Korea Times reported.