NK weekly-inter-Korean news
Summary of inter-Korean news this week
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.
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Ministry requests defectors' restraint for anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaign using drones
SEOUL -- South Korea's unification ministry has asked a North Korean defectors' group to refrain from carrying out a campaign to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets using drones, according to a ministry official Tuesday.
The request came after Park Sang-hak, head of the Fighters for Free North Korea (FFNK), said Monday that the group plans to fly unmanned aerial vehicles soon carrying leaflets critical of the North across the inter-Korean border.
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Defector group says it will use drones for leaflet campaign against N. Korea
SEOUL -- A North Korean defectors' group said Monday it plans to fly unmanned aerial vehicles soon carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.
Park Sang-hak, head of the Fighters for Free North Korea (FFNK), told Yonhap News Agency that his group will use drones to send the anti-Pyongyang leaflets "at the earliest date possible," citing difficulty in flying them in the usual giant plastic balloons during the winter.
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