Monday 10 September 2012

South Koreans launch leaflets against North


South Koreans launch leaflets against North
SEOUL: South Korean activists launched balloons carrying leaflets critical of the North’s ruling Kim family across their shared border Sunday to coincide with the regime’s 64th anniversary.

Some 10 activists including North Korean defectors in Seoul floated the 10 giant balloons carrying 200,000 small leaflets and 300 DVDs at the Imjingak park near the heavily-militarised border with the North.

“Rise up, our 20 million compatriots! Don’t be fooled by the deception of Kim Jong-Un!” read one leaflet, referring to the North’s young new leader, who took over from his father Kim Jong-Il after his death last December. Jong-Il himself took over from his own father and the North’s founding president Kim Il-Sung after his death in 1994. The family has ruled the impoverished communist state with an iron fist and pervasive personality cult for more than six decades.

The balloons also contained 1,000 US one-dollar bills aimed at encouraging North Koreans to read the leaflets despite heavy punishment by the regime when caught. “Let’s put an end to the third-generation dictatorship, and free North Koreans!” the activists chanted in unison amid heavy security involving some 100 South Korean police officers. afp

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