North Korean defector says he'll risk jail to defy South Korea's propaganda leaflet ban
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Updated 5:23 AM ET, Tue December 15, 2020
North Korean defectors, now living in South Korea, remove propaganda leaflets after a protest against a North Korean nuclear test, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 15, 2016 in Paju, South Korea.
Seoul, South KoreaA prominent North Korean defector has vowed to continue sending messages to his homeland -- at the risk of going to prison -- after South Korea banned the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea.
The ban, passed by the South Korean parliament on Monday, drew criticism from rights activists. For decades, defectors and other campaigners in South Korea have sent anti-North Korean leaflets over the tightly guarded border, usually by balloon or in bottles on border rivers. They also send food, medicine, money, mini radios and USB sticks containing South Korean news and dramas.