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| Norks warn S. Korea over propaganda activities |
| 2010-04-11 |
| SEOUL, April 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's military warned Saturday that it would take "decisive measures" if South Korea does not draw up plans to prevent propaganda activities such as sending leaflets to the communist state. The two Koreas agreed in 2004 to stop decades of propaganda warfare across the Demilitarized Zone dividing the nations, but the South Korean government says it can not prevent activists from sending the leaflets, citing freedom of speech. "We will take corresponding decisive measures soon unless the South side takes an understandable measure to discontinue the despicable psychological smear campaign and formally notifies the North side of it," the country's the official Korean Central News Agency cited comments by military officials. For years, South Korean activists have been flying propaganda leaflets into North Korea by balloon in order to let ordinary people there know about the North's leader Kim Jong-il's alleged lavish lifestyle and womanizing -- and lately his ill health. Too bad there isn't a 'fund a balloon' option via Paypal ... North Korea has strongly denounced the propaganda offensive as "provocative" and demanded that it be stopped. South Korea said it has no pertinent law to regulate it. "Such foolish acts are a wanton violation and blatant challenge to the agreement reached between the two sides to stop all the propaganda activities against each other," the agency reported. In a response to the North's warning against the leaflets, the South Korean government said, "We have sincerely implemented the (2004) agreement to end propaganda campaigns against each other and we hope the issue does not make a hitch in the development of inter-Korean relations." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Forget balloons with leaflets. A chicken wing would be better propaganda. As would cranking up the transmitter power when radio stations air commercials for food specials at grocery stores or fast food joints. Sure, words on paper can have an impact but roasting a cow at the DMZ when the wind is from the South probably has more compelling impact. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-04-11 17:28 |