South Korea said Monday it was dismantling loudspeakers alongside the border with North Korea. The move marks President Lee Jae Myung’s first step to ease tensions and pursue dialogue after years of escalating hostilities.

Relations between the two Koreas were at an all time low in years under South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over his martial law declaration last December, as the two sides engaged in tit-for-tat psychological warfare campaigns.