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News Defiant activist promises to continue leaflet launches to North KoreaControversial launches will continue as long as North Korea "threatens" the South, says defector-activist Park Sang-hak
Defector-activist Park Sang-hak on Monday promised to continue a controversial campaign to send leaflets into North Korea, promising to defy a recent order by the South Korean government to stop all propaganda send-overs. Speaking to foreign media at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Park — who heads the Fighters for a Free North Korea (FFNK) group — defended his organization’s use of propaganda leaflets against the North. Last month, leaflets sparked a major escalation in inter-Korean tensions, but Park said FFNK willcontinue to send anti-regime leaflets so long as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “continues to threaten South © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |