Two Koreas reach agreement in Kaesong wage row

For years, banks of speakers positioned at more than a dozen points along the border with the North had blared out propaganda messages about the joys of life in South Korea.

South Korea’s army earlier Monday promised unspecified “searing” penalties for the mine blasts final week within the Seoul-controlled southern a part of the Demilitarized Zone that has bisected the Korean Peninsula because the finish of preventing within the Korean Conflict in 1953.

The South retaliated by resuming high-decibel propaganda broadcasts across the border, using loudspeakers that had lain silent for more than a decade. Both the U.S. State Department and the Pentagon on Tuesday local time slammed North Korea for the explosions, calling the incident a violation of the armistice agreement. The film stars Rogen and James Franco as journalists who are given the opportunity to interview North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

These threats pale in comparison to some of the threats Pyongyang has made against South Korea.

The remarks from South Korean commanders inspecting different front lines follow weeks of tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang that have escalated after exploding land mines inside the area injured two South Korean soldiers.

In addition to the minimum wage, the two sides are also discussing ways for a steady supply of labor, a wage system reshuffle, as well as difficulties in communications, customs and commuting to the inter-Korean complex. On August. 5, while Lee was in the North, the South Korean government announced that it would send a letter to North Korea from Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo to propose talks.

Some people opine that these military exercises may be ruining any potential diplomatic progress with North Korea given its fiery rhetoric against such activities.

Things are a little tense right now with North Korea.

An influential North Korean politician in charge of South Korea affairs has been absent from public service since late 2014 and Seoul’s officials have not ruled out the possibility of a purge.

Lee Hee-ho, widow of former President Kim Dae-jung, speaks at a press conference at Gimpo Airport after returning from a four-day trip to North Korea, August 8.