The South Korean military has continued loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as North Korea shows no signs of backing off its threat to target the facilities.

A military official in Seoul said broadcasts from all eleven loudspeakers were made as scheduled in the wee hours of Monday, but no reaction has been seen from the North.
 
The North, however, is keeping its firepower on standby on the frontline so that it can target the loudspeakers as soon as an order is given.
 
Since Thursday, the South Korean military has remained on its highest alert after the North launched artillery fire across the border.
 
The Seoul official said that South Korea and the U.S. have also put in place a joint defense posture, including deploying the U.S. Forces Korea’s multiple rocket launchers near the demarcation line.
 
Seoul and Washington are also maintaining WATCHCON, an intelligence and surveillance status system for North Korean provocations, at its second highest level. Under WATCHCON level 2, satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, and on-ground reconnaissance facilities are monitoring movements by the North Korean military around the clock.