South Korean group floats leaflets across North Korean border despite warnings

Source: The Hill | June 23, 2020 | John Bowden

Activists in South Korea went ahead with a plan to airlift propaganda leaflets over its shared border with North Korea this week despite growing tensions over the campaign.

The Associated Press reported that the group, which is led by North Korean defectors, launched leaflets by balloon from the border town of Paju on Monday. The campaign reportedly involved a half million messages, delivered by about 20 balloons.

“Though North Korean residents have become modern-day slaves with no basic rights, don’t they have the right to know the truth?” said Park Sang-hak, the leader of the organization, according to the AP.

His campaign, he added, was “a struggle for justice for the sake of liberation” of his home country.

North Korean officials moved to cut off diplomatic contact with South Korea in recent weeks because of the leaflet distribution, and a top official warned of the possibility of military action as relations have declined.

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