A defense ministry official has said South Korean demolished a Christmas tree tower at the tensely-guarded border last week.
In an annual Christmas ritual, the South used to cover the metal tower near the western front-line border area with colorful lights as part of propaganda efforts against North Korea.
The practice had been a recurring source of diplomatic and military tension with the North, which once threatened to shell the tower.
According to the defense official, the removal was carried out purely out of concern that it could collapse, but some experts speculated the South Korean government may have considered it a reconciliatory gesture.■
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