Reference News Network, July 21 report. According to Yonhap News Agency, July 21 report, according to sources, the National Intelligence Service of South Korea (NIS) has completely stopped broadcasting radio programs to North Korea since this month. At the same time, the Lee Jae-myung government is making efforts to improve the tense relations with Pyongyang.

The report said that the representative of the civilian-run North Korea radio station "National Unification Broadcasting", Lee Gwang-bae (音), accepted a telephone interview with Yonhap News Agency on the 21st, stating that the NIS's North Korea radio stations have been gradually suspended since this month. Kim Seung-chul (音), the representative of the North Korea radio station "North Korea Reform Broadcasting", also stated that the radio programs broadcasted by the NIS since the 1980s have now all been suspended. Additionally, it was reported that the NIS's TV programs to North Korea have also recently been suspended.

When asked by reporters whether the NIS had suspended its radio and TV programs to North Korea, the NIS responded with "No comment."

Analysts believe that the complete suspension of these radio and television programs is one of the "signals of reconciliation with North Korea" released by the government to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula. After the new government was established, it had previously called on civil groups to stop distributing leaflets to North Korea, and instructed the military to suspend the loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea.

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