The battle of the flagpoles.

旗桿之戰

When this approach failed to lure defectors, the speakers began blasting 20 hours a day of anti-western rhetoric, North Korean operas and patriotic marching music. In 2004, both countries agreed to end their loudspeaker broadcasts to each other.

這招失敗以后，揚聲器上又每天20小時廣播反西方的論調、朝鮮歌劇和愛國進行曲m((h%CyrdZ,bd9ky6n~D。2004年，經雙方協商，兩邊停止了針對對方的廣播u@MIJIr@fIY)brpQ。

The village is surrounded by extensive cultivated fields with the official position of the North Korean government claiming it is a collective farm for its residents.

機井洞的四周良田環繞，朝鮮政府工作人員宣稱這是一個普通居民組成的集體農場swz,lvtoI9TqKYKK]。

Either way, it’s a lot of effort just to keep up appearances.

無論如何，單是保持機井洞誘人的外表就得花費不少心血#)o#nK1!.1MuE4yOncK。