South Korea will move to revoke the corporate permits of two defector-run NGOs regularly sending anti-regime leaflets across the border into North Korea, Seoul’s unification ministry said Wednesday.
The move follows multiple high-level statements by North Korea in recent days condemning Seoul’s failure to stop the leafleting and Pyongyang’s decision to cut off all inter-Korean communication lines as of Tuesday noon.
“Today, the government has decided to file a complaint against Fighters for a Free North Korea (FFNK) and Keunsaem for violating South-North Exchange and Cooperation Act,” unification ministry spokesperson Yoh Sangkey
South Korea will move to revoke the corporate permits of two defector-run NGOs regularly sending anti-regime leaflets across the border into North Korea, Seoul's unification ministry said Wednesday.
The move follows multiple high-level statements by North Korea in recent days condemning Seoul's failure to stop the leafleting and Pyongyang's decision to cut off all inter-Korean communication lines as of Tuesday noon.
Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim