Seoul, South Korea – “Is South Korea a dictatorship?” asked Park Sang-ha, the North Korean fugitive and leader of the Fighters, to North Korea, which regularly sends helium balloons loaded with leaflets north of the border. “Is it a free and democratic country?”
Park shipped 500,000 leaflets and 10 balloons loaded with $ 5,000 bills at the end of last month to North Korea. He says the North Koreans want to know the truth about the Kim Jong Un dictatorship and that the North Koreans want to rise up against their regime. The pamphlets criticize Kim’s dynastic rule. Dollar bills encourage people to pick up brochures.
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(SEOUL, South Korea) In defiance of new laws that ban sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets, an anti-North Korean activist group claimed it has launched balloons carrying leaflets and U.S. dollar bills from an unknown location near the border this week.
Ten 8-foot-tall balloons were filled with 500,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets, 5,000 $1 bills and 500 mini booklets depicting South Korea’s remarkable development, according to Fighters for Free North Korea.
The launch is subject to a maximum prison term of three years or a fine of $27,400 under the revised “Inter-Korean Relations Development Act.” The law went into effect on March 31 after Pyongyang’s furious objections and threats last year to cut all inter-Korean projects if Seoul does not force these groups to halt the balloon launches.
BY ABC News Radio | April 30, 2021
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(SEOUL, South Korea) In defiance of new laws that ban sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets, an anti-North Korean activist group claimed it has launched balloons carrying leaflets and U.S. dollar bills from an unknown location near the border this week.
Ten 8-foot-tall balloons were filled with 500,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets, 5,000 $1 bills and 500 mini booklets depicting South Korea’s remarkable development, according to Fighters for Free North Korea.
The launch is subject to a maximum prison term of three years or a fine of $27,400 under the revised “Inter-Korean Relations Development Act.” The law went into effect on March 31 after Pyongyang’s furious objections and threats last year to cut all inter-Korean projects if Seoul does not force these groups to halt the balloon launches.
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Replay Video UP NEXT In defiance of new laws that ban sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets, an anti-North Korean activist group claimed it has launched balloons carrying leaflets and U.S. dollar bills from an unknown location near the border this week. Ten 8-foot-tall balloons were filled with 500,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets, 5,000 $1 bills and 500 mini booklets depicting South Korea s remarkable development, according to Fighters for Free North Korea. The launch is subject to a maximum prison term of three years or a fine of $27,400 under the revised Inter-Korean Relations Development Act. The law went into effect on March 31 after Pyongyang s furious objections and threats last year to cut all inter-Korean projects if Seoul does not force these groups to halt the balloon launches.
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