South Korea calls on activists to stop sending anti-regime leaflets to the North

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South Korea calls on activists to stop sending anti-regime leaflets to the North

Remarks follow North's threats to withdraw from inter-Korean military agreement should "anti-DPRK" activities continue

Jeongmin Kim | Oliver Hotham June 3, 2020

South Korea calls on activists to stop sending anti-regime leaflets to the North

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Updated at 17:25 KST: this article has been updated to include responses from Seoul's Blue House.

The South Korean government on Thursday called on activist groups to stop sending balloons carrying anti-regime literature to North Korea, following a high-profile warning just hours earlier from Pyongyang that it could withdraw from several inter-Korean accords should the practice continue.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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