South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts,

North Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers along the border with South Korea that had been used for propaganda broadcasts, according to the General Staff in Seoul on Saturday, as reported by the Yonhap news agency.

North Korea has begun dismantling some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, South Korea ’s military confirmed on Saturday, following Seoul ’s own removal of propaganda speakers in a concerted effort to de-escalate tensions.