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SEOUL — South Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers that blare anti-North Korean propaganda across the border, as President Lee Jae Myung’s liberal administration seeks to mend fractured relations with Pyongyang. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Defense Ministry said the removal was “a practical measure to ease inter-Korean tensions without impacting…

The term propaganda has long been associated with authoritarian regimes, lies, and manipulation. Nathan Crick, a professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Texas A&M University, wants us to see it in a different light. Crick, who has been teaching his students about propaganda for 20 years, defines it as “a…