Gyeonggi Provincial Council Passes Resolution Urging Legislation to Ban Distribution of Anti-North Korea Leaflets

Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi Provincial Council has passed a resolution urging the enactment of a law banning the distribution of leaflets to North Korea.

The Planning and Finance Committee of the Gyeonggi Council held the 2nd meeting of the 344th regular session on the 12th and passed the "Resolution Urging the Enactment of a Law to Ban the Distribution of Leaflets to North Korea," forwarding it to the plenary session.

In the resolution, the Planning and Finance Committee stated, "The distribution of leaflets to North Korea by some defector groups is causing military clashes between South and North Korea, threatening the safety of residents in border areas and further depressing the local economy," and emphasized, "A law banning the distribution of leaflets sent to the North must be enacted promptly to protect the lives and property of residents in the South-North border areas and to promote peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula."

The resolution will be finally processed at the plenary session scheduled for the 24th.

Earlier, Gyeonggi Province announced a response plan to completely block the distribution of leaflets to North Korea by mobilizing all administrative power.

The plan announced by the province includes designating border areas as "danger zones" under the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety, prohibiting the passage of leaflet distributors to North Korea, and deploying special judicial police to arrest violators in flagrante delicto and hand them over to investigative agencies.

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