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Graphic, pro-North Korea leaflets found in downtown Seoul

High frequency of leaflet drops likely related to South Korean political crisis: observers

Graphic pro-North Korea leaflets were found scattered in Seoul’s Hanham-dong diplomatic neighborhood on Friday morning, one of which directly targeted South Korea’s embattled President Park Geun-hye.

The discovery of the leaflets, which were shown to NK News by a local worker on condition of anonymity, follows a flurry of similar cases in Seoul since November last year – the month South Korea’s still-ongoing political crisis began to escalate.

Featuring a graphic cartoon depiction of a beheading, one of the leaflets said Park’s “anti-DPRK activities are…nothing but foolishness” and warned that “to the sinful wicked woman, ruthless decapitation follows.” The other side listed a series of accidents and controversies that