March 28, 2024
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Despite outcries, Seoul is set to pass a law that can jail North Korea activists

Legal experts say the bill is vague, sweeping and potentially dangerous — and that it could lead to unjust crackdowns

Update (Dec. 14, 2020 at 10:41 p.m. KST): South Korea's National Assembly passed the "anti-leaflet" law on the evening of Dec. 14 with 187 votes.


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