North Korean defector group claims to have sent leaflets at border in defiance of new law

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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.

But civic groups like Fighters for Free North Korea denounce the act claiming that the government is in effect blocking the much-needed flow of information to the North. “You can handcuff me and send me to jail, but anti-Pyongyang leaflets will not be stopped by any threat or violence as long as us North Korean defectors live in this land,” Park said.

Balloons over the border containing anti-North Korea propaganda? That’s not a new thing. North Korea’s reaction to it is probably negative as usual. Have been told by a South Korean that they are numbed and used to the threats

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North Korean defector group claims to have sent leaflets at border in defiance of new lawIn 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 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.
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