South Korean activists have sent tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border by balloons into North Korea, one week after warnings from Seoul and threats of retaliation from Pyongyang. Around a dozen activists attached 50,000 leaflets to seven balloons Monday and sent them floating over the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two countries. Some […]
South Korean Activists Float Leaflets Into North Korea
South Korean Police Block Activists from Sending Leaflet Balloons Into North
South Korean authorities have blocked activists from sending leaflet balloons across the border, following threats from North Korea to launch an attack if any balloons entered its airspace. Security forces faced off on Monday with a group of North Korean defectors near Imjingak Park, just south the the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South. […]
N. Korea Threatens Attack if Activists in South Launch Balloons with Leaflets
North Korea has threatened to shell South Korea if activists in the South send anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the Western Front Command of the Korean People’s Army would conduct a “merciless strike” without warning on northwestern Phaju City, where activists say they will launch […]
North Korea Threatens Military Attack if Activists in South Korea Launch Balloons with Leaflets
North Korea has threatened to shell South Korea if activists in the South send anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the Western Front Command of the Korean People’s Army would conduct a “merciless strike” without warning on northwestern Phaju City, where activists say they will launch […]