Defector Group Claims "1 Million Copies of Yoon's Face Distributed in North Korea"... Phrase "Received by Prosecutor" Also Included

Ministry of Unification "Fact-Finding Underway"

The organization for North Korean defectors, the Free North Korea Movement Alliance, sent 1 million leaflets containing photos of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol to North Korea by attaching them to 20 large balloons in the Gimpo area of Gyeonggi Province on the 25th and 26th. Photo by Free North Korea Movement Alliance

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] The North Korean defector organization, the Free Joseon Movement Alliance, claimed that it sent 1 million anti-North Korea leaflets attached to 20 large balloons to North Korea, featuring photos of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol.

On the 28th, the Free Joseon Movement Alliance announced that it sent 1 million anti-North Korea leaflets over two days, on the 25th and 26th, from the Gimpo area in Gyeonggi Province.

The leaflets included phrases such as "Long live the Republic of Korea, the only free motherland of the 80 million people of the nation!" and "The great country where a prosecutor became the leader, the 12th President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Seok-yeol!" along with photos of President-elect Yoon and images of the Taegeukgi flag.

In a press release, the organization stated, "On the 25th, North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un revealed threats and madness by threatening the Republic of Korea and humanity with nuclear missiles during his speech at the 90th anniversary parade of the anti-Japanese partisan (anti-Japanese guerrilla) founding," adding, "The national prestige and security of the Republic of Korea are hanging by a thread."

They continued, "The Moon Jae-in administration did not utter a single protest and reduced 50 million citizens to nuclear hostages of the brutal hypocrite Kim Jong-un," and added, "They even fabricated the 'Anti-North Korea Leaflet Prohibition Act' under the orders of Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the North Korean Workers' Party, pandering and surrendering to the main enemy."

They further stated, "To hasten the collapse of the Kim Jong-un hereditary dictatorship regime, we will continue to send anti-North Korea leaflets?letters of freedom, letters of hope, letters of fact and truth?that 20 million North Korean compatriots are waiting for."

According to the current Inter-Korean Relations Development Act (Anti-North Korea Leaflet Prohibition Act), anyone who broadcasts toward North Korea using loudspeakers or distributes leaflets near the Military Demarcation Line, causing harm to the life or body of citizens, can be punished with up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 30 million won.

In fact, Park Sang-hak, head of the Free Joseon Movement Alliance, is currently on trial for allegedly sending anti-North Korea leaflets, booklets, and US one-dollar bills attached to large balloons twice last April in areas adjacent to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces.

However, with the change of administration, there is a possibility of changes to the current law. Kwon Young-se, the nominee for Minister of Unification, pointed out regarding the Anti-North Korea Leaflet Prohibition Act, "I think regulating it by law is problematic not from the Ministry of Unification's perspective but from a constitutional perspective."

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Unification stated, "We are working with related agencies to ascertain the specific facts of when and where the leaflets were actually distributed."

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