Posted on 12/14/2020 5:18:04 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
South Korea's parliament has passed a bill to ban the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, a move that was condemned by rights activists as a violation of freedom of speech.
The new law carries a three-year prison term and fines of 30 million won ($36,000) for anyone found guilty Groups run by North Korean defectors and other campaigners have for decades sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets — alongside food, medicine, US$1 bills, mini radios and USB sticks containing South Korean news and dramas — into the North, usually by balloon or in bottles on border rivers.
North Korea has long denounced the practice.
The amendment to the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act, confirmed on Monday, bars any scattering of printed materials, goods, money and other items of value across the heavily fortified frontier.
It also restricts loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts, which the South's military once championed as part of psychological warfare against the North until it withdrew the equipment following a 2018 inter-Korean summit.
Any violation of the law, which will take effect in three months, is punishable by up to three years in prison or 30 million won ($36,000) in fines.
The change was approved despite filibuster efforts from opposition lawmakers to block the super-majority of the ruling party of President Moon Jae-in, who is keen to improve cross-border ties
God help any North Korean whose found in possession of one of those leaflets.
Their family too.
The government just wants to spend more time making Yankee Go Home signs. /s
And yet another reason why Biden/Harris must not win!
I remember the quote coming from North Korean news agency on Biden. It was classic. Forget how it went. Stalinist Kim Jong Un regime hates his guts with a passion.
I believe it was “rabid dog”, or something to that effect. Or perhaps human scum, or that might have been for somebody else. Point is, when DPRK hates somebody’s guts, they let it be known in no uncertain terms! Lol! (Me? I would consider it a badge of honor)
Time for the US to leave.
S Korea has been trying to cuddle up to the North for decades. If they want it that much, let them do it.
Pull our troops out, destroy our bunkers, and go home.
That’s what I read too. Thank you for translating it into English for us.
From the Korean Central Broadcasting Corporation, Pyongyang.
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