77% of Gyeonggi Residents Support Administrative Order Banning Leaflet Distribution to North Korea

[Asia Economy (Uijeongbu) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seventy-one percent of Gyeonggi Province residents recently responded that the distribution of leaflets to North Korea by defector organizations should be "stopped." Additionally, 77% of residents evaluated Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung's administrative order banning the distribution of leaflets to North Korea as "well done."

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that a public opinion survey related to the "distribution of leaflets to North Korea" was conducted on 1,200 residents from the 19th to 20th, revealing that 71% of respondents answered that "the distribution of leaflets to North Korea should be stopped." Only 22% responded that "the distribution of leaflets to North Korea should continue."

When asked whether the distribution of leaflets to North Korea poses a threat to the lives and safety of residents, a majority of 59% answered "it is a threat." In contrast, 38% answered "it is not a threat."

Regarding the claim that distributing leaflets to North Korea helps improve the human rights of North Korean residents, 61% of residents were found to disagree.

Concerning the possibility of military clashes in border areas due to recent leaflet distribution to North Korea, 60% of residents expressed concern that "the possibility of clashes is high."

Seventy-seven percent of residents positively evaluated Gyeonggi Province's administrative order banning the distribution of leaflets to North Korea as "well done."

Earlier, from the 17th of this month until November 30th, the province designated five cities/counties?Yeoncheon, Pocheon, Paju, Gimpo, and Goyang?as danger zones and issued an administrative order banning leaflet distribution.

Regarding future inter-Korean relations, opinions were divided between "will worsen" (25%) and "will improve" (21%). Fifty percent believed it would remain similar to the current situation.

Lee Jae-gang, Deputy Governor for Peace of the province, emphasized, "Through this survey, we once again confirmed that residents feel their lives and safety are threatened by the act of distributing leaflets to North Korea," adding, "We will use all administrative means to stop the distribution of leaflets to North Korea."

This survey was conducted by Gyeonggi Province through a public opinion research agency, Korea Research Co., Ltd., via telephone interviews with 1,200 residents aged 18 and older in Gyeonggi Province over two days from the 19th to the 20th.

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