South Korea’s parliament has banned the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, drawing fierce criticism from rights activists and defiance from a prominent North Korean defector who said he would not stop sending messages to his homeland.
Defectors and other campaigners in South Korea have for decades 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.
Isolated North Korea has long denounced the practice and recently stepped up its condemnation of it, to the alarm of a South Korean government intent on improving ties on the divided peninsula.
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.
North Korea News: South Korea Bans Leaflet Distribution After Threat From Kim Jong Un Regime
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South Korea has banned the distribution of leaflets over the border after a threat from North Korea
The leaflet distributors, many of whom are defectors from North Korea, pledged to fight the law in court
Human rights groups in the U.S. and abroad denounced the law as appeasement
North Korean defectors living in South Korea have sworn to continue sending leaflets over the borders despite a recent law banning the practice. Former North Koreans are among the most passionate distributors of leaflets, radios, and news over the border to their former countrymen even after a threat from North Korea led to South Korea banning the practice.
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A North Korean defector prepares to release a balloon containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, in April 2016. | REUTERS
Reuters Dec 15, 2020
Seoul – South Korea on Monday banned the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, drawing the criticism of rights activists and defiance from a prominent North Korean defector who said he would not stop sending messages to his homeland.
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