April 24, 2024
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Defector-activist says he sent anti-Kim leaflets and medicine into North Korea

Park Sang-hak’s latest balloon launch follows Supreme Court ruling in his favor in case over cross-border leafleting

A high-profile human rights activist said he launched nearly two dozen balloons carrying medicine and anti-regime messages into North Korea late last week after South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled in his favor in a case about his cross-border leafleting.

Park Sang-hak and his group Fighters for a Free North Korea (FFNK) launched the balloons carrying anti-DPRK posters, vitamins and painkillers toward North Korea on May 5, according to photos and videos seen by NK News on Monday, likely violating a ROK law that prohibits such activities at the border.

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