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Defiant and dismayed, activists vow to break leaflet law and fight it in court

A day after Seoul passed a bill criminalizing leaflets send-overs to North Korea, opposers prep for constitutional court

Less than a day after South Korea passed a divisive law that could jail people for sending leaflets and other goods to North Korea, activists and legal advocates vow to defy the rules and even challenge them in the constitutional court. 

After a two-day-long filibuster, Seoul’s lawmakers passed the so-called “anti-leaflet bill” in a 187-0 vote on Monday, with the opposing party boycotting the legislation. 

The new law carries a maximum sentence of up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 30 million won ($27,400) for violators. But activists who routinely launch propaganda and informational leaflets