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North Korean defector group claims to have sent leaflets at border in defiance of new
01-05-2021, 05:35 AM
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North Korean defector group claims to have sent leaflets at border in defiance of new
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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 slotxo 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.


The South Korean government claims the ban is for the safety of people living in border regions, and to help government efforts to achieve peace and unification in the Korean peninsula.


"When exact facts are confirmed by the police and the military, we will deal with the situation according to the legislative purpose of the Inter-Korean Relations Development Act," Cha Deok-cheol, deputy spokesperson at South Korea's Unification Ministry, said during a regular press briefing Friday. "Again, the law is for the safety of residents in the border area," he said.


But civic groups like Fighters for Free North Korea (FFNK) denounce the act claiming that the government is in effect blocking the much-needed flow of information to the North.
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