North Korea appears to have stopped broadcasting loud noises towards the South, Seoul's military said Thursday, one day after South Korea halted its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker campaign near the demilitarized zone.

South Korea halted its broadcasts along the 160-mile Demilitarized Zone on Wednesday, according to a statement from the presidential office the following day.

South Korea’s military on June 11 stopped its loudspeaker broadcasts into North Korea in what is termed as the first step towards improving inter-Korean relations. K-pop and propaganda had blared across the demilitarized zone for more than a year in retaliation against the North sending balloons laden with trash and human feces over the South.