South Korea official signals leaflet balloons might again float over the North
Seoul, South KoreaReuters A South Korean official likely to oversee North Korean ties said on Thursday he opposed a ban on sending propaganda into North Korea, signalling the possible return to the skies of leaflet-laden balloons that infuriate North Korea. Kwon Young-se, nominated for the post of unification minister in a new conservative government, said […]
South Korea passes law to ban anti-North Korea leaflets amid activists’ outcry
Seoul, South KoreaReuters South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Monday to ban the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, a move that was condemned by rights activists as a violation of freedom of speech. Groups run by North Korean defectors and other campaigners have for decades sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets – alongside food, medicine, […]