But activists in the South did not stop, and that same year, Pyongyang, blaming the anti-north leaflets, unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links and blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border.
Last year, South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down the 2020 law that criminalised the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the north, calling it an undue limitation on free speech.
But activists in the South did not stop, and that same year Pyongyang, blaming the anti-North leaflets, unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links and blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border.
Last year, South Korea’s Constitutional Court struck down the 2020 law that criminalised the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North, calling it an undue limitation on free speech.
The sister of North Korean leader Kim mocked Seoul for complaining over the trash-filled balloons this week, saying North Koreans were simply exercising their freedom of expression – a rationale Seoul has given in the past for activists’ actions.
