Hills Around Namhansanseong, North Korea Leaflets Found for Second Day... Police "Under Investigation"

Gwangju Police Station in Gyeonggi Conducts Additional Search
"Investigating Who and How It Was Spread"
Over 1,000 Sheets Found the Previous Day

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] Leaflets presumed to have been distributed by a North Korean defector group were found for the second consecutive day around the Namhansanseong area, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

The Gyeonggi Gwangju Police Station announced on the 27th that they discovered 23 leaflets under the name of the "Vanguard of Defectors, Free North Korea Movement Union" on a mountain in Namhansanseong-myeon, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi Province.

A police official stated, "We plan to complete the search within today," adding, "Since no balloons used for leaflet distribution have been found nearby yet, we are investigating who and how these leaflets were distributed."

Police responded to a report from a hiker and conducted a search operation, collecting the leaflets. The previous day, about 1,000 leaflets were found in the same area. The leaflets were scattered throughout the mountain valleys, and two one-dollar bills were also found with one of the leaflets.

The police are conducting a second search of the area today, deploying about 80 officers from one company and one helicopter. It has not yet been confirmed whether the leaflets found this time are part of those distributed on the 22nd in Paju-si, Gyeonggi Province, led by Park Sang-hak, the head of the Free North Korea Movement Union.

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