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SEOUL: The South Korean government is working on a plan to legislate a ban on sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets, the Unification Ministry here said on Thursday, hours after North Korea railed against such leaflets and threatened to scrap a no-hostility military pact with the South.
The envisioned legislation is aimed at preventing chilly inter-Korean relations from deteriorating further, but enacting a law banning leaflet-sending could spark an outcry over the possible infringement of the right to freedom of expression, reports Yonhap News Agency.
The announcement came hours after Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, issued a statement denouncing the flying-in of such propaganda leaflets as a hostile act that runs counter to peace agreements the two sides signed during summit talks of their leaders in 2018.
"Clearly speaking, the South Korean authorities will be forced to pay a dear price if they let this situation go on while making sort of excuses," she said. (IANS)
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