Hong Jun-pyo "Did North Korea, which sent 70s urban legend leaflets, forget their own propaganda?"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Former Liberty Korea Party leader Hong Joon-pyo criticized North Korea's attitude of completely cutting off inter-Korean communication lines under the pretext of distributing anti-North leaflets.

On the 9th, Hong said on his Facebook, "When I was attending university in the 1970s, I often saw anti-Park Chung-hee regime leaflets from North Korea being distributed on the hill behind the Anam-dong campus, and I often saw police rushing around to collect those leaflets."

He added, "In the era when information was controlled, I saw rumors about the Jeong In-sook case through those leaflets sent from North Korea, and I was able to encounter all kinds of fabricated scandals about the Park Chung-hee regime through North Korean leaflets. At that time, seeing those who committed those fabricated atrocities pressuring the South Korean government to prevent leaflets criticizing their regime from being sent to the North made me unable to suppress a wry smile."

Hong questioned, "Is it really democracy under the Moon administration to now forget the false propaganda and agitation they committed, make unreasonable demands to block sending accurate information that rightfully criticizes the North Korean regime to a controlled society, and hastily accept and legislate prohibitions on it?" He pointed out, "Didn't Mayor Park Won-soon say that democracy means not being punished even if someone shouts 'Long live Kim Il-sung' in Gwanghwamun?"

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