PAJU, SOUTH KOREA – A prominent North Korean defector was arrested by South Korean police on Saturday morning for attempting to launch 5,000 balloons carrying DVDs, radios and 200,000 leaflets across the inter-Korean border, despite violent threats of attack from North Korean propaganda outlets.
Park Sang-hak, chairman of Freedom Fighters of North Korea (FFNK) was taken to Paju police station late on Saturday morning, along with a small blue truck containing the balloons and its driver, a fellow defector.
“They’re Commies! Commies! This shouldn’t be happening. Many people died protecting this country during the Cheonan and
PAJU, SOUTH KOREA – A prominent North Korean defector was arrested by South Korean police on Saturday morning for attempting to launch 5,000 balloons carrying DVDs, radios and 200,000 leaflets across the inter-Korean border, despite violent threats of attack from North Korean propaganda outlets.
Park Sang-hak, chairman of Freedom Fighters of North Korea (FFNK) was taken to Paju police station late on Saturday morning, along with a small blue truck containing the balloons and its driver, a fellow defector.
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