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Joon Ha Park
Joon Ha Park is an Editorial Intern at NK News and has previously written on issues related to the two Koreas at The Peninsula Report.
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News North Korean defector-activists welcome ruling to overturn leaflet launch banActivists say South Korean court upheld democratic principles, though some fear it may endanger border residents Prominent North Korean defector-activists welcomed a South Korean court’s decision to strike down a law prohibiting the sending of leaflets and other items into the DPRK, celebrating the ruling for defending democratic principles. The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the so-called anti-leaflet law is unconstitutional, citing the law’s “excessive” restriction of freedom of speech. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |