Update at 1655 KST: this article has been updated to include further comment from News 1

South Korea’s state-funded Yonhap News Agency on Monday filed a lawsuit against competitor News 1 for distributing material from North Korean daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun without permission from the government.

Yonhap on Tuesday said it had formally accused News 1, an affiliate of the MoneyToday Media group, of violating the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act — which requires all commerce between the two Koreas to first receive approval from Seoul.

Since the North Korean newspaper’s surprise decisionto end its online distribution of free PDFs