Int l pressure intensifying on anti-North Korea leaflet-sending ban
Posted : 2021-01-29 17:05
Updated : 2021-01-31 18:16
Activists prepare to send anti-Kim Jong-un regime propaganda leaflets to North Korea from the border city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, in this photo from April 2, 2016. Yonhap
By Jung Da-min
The international community s move against South Korea s ban on sending anti-Kim Jong-un regime propaganda leaflets to North Korea is intensifying. Since the National Assembly, which is dominated by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), passed a bill to implement the ban last December, criticism has continued to grow internationally that the law undermines freedom of speech, with members of the U.K. Parliament and the U.S. Congress raising the issue and planning to hold a debate and hearing session, respectively.
Int l pressure intensifying on anti-North Korea leaflet-sending ban
Posted : 2021-01-29 17:05
Updated : 2021-01-31 18:16
Activists prepare to send anti-Kim Jong-un regime propaganda leaflets to North Korea from the border city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, in this photo from April 2, 2016. Yonhap
By Jung Da-min
The international community s move against South Korea s ban on sending anti-Kim Jong-un regime propaganda leaflets to North Korea is intensifying. Since the National Assembly, which is dominated by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), passed a bill to implement the ban last December, criticism has continued to grow internationally that the law undermines freedom of speech, with members of the U.K. Parliament and the U.S. Congress raising the issue and planning to hold a debate and hearing session, respectively.
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High-profile N. Korean defector leaves for U.S. for congressional hearing on anti-leaflet law
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) A vocal North Korean defector activist has left for the United States for a congressional hearing on a controversial bill South Korea recently passed to ban the sending of anti-North Korea leaflets, his lawyer said Thursday.
Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector who runs Fighters for a Free North Korea, flew to Washington on Wednesday to attend the hearing that Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) is seeking to convene to discuss the anti-leafleting law. Park left for the U.S. yesterday for the purpose of attending the U.S. Congress hearing and other reasons with a plan to return in early March, said Lee Heon, a lawyer serving as Park s legal representative.
N.Korean defector leaves for US for congressional hearing
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Thu, Jan 28 2021 14:57 IST |
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Seoul, Jan 28 : A high-profile North Korean defector-turned-activist has left for the US to attend a congressional hearing on a bill passed by South Korea to ban the sending of anti-Pyongyang leaflets, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.
Park Sang-hak, who runs Fighters for a Free North Korea, flew to Washington on Wednesday to attend the hearing that New Jersey Representative Chris Smith is seeking to convene to discuss the anti-leafleting law, reports Yonhap News Agency. Park left for the US yesterday for the purpose of attending the U.S. Congress hearing and other reasons with a plan to return in early March, the Yonhap news report quoted Lee Heon, the lawyer serving as Park s legal representative, as saying.