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North Korea has accused the South Korean government of being behind the distribution of propaganda leaflets by South Korean civic groups in the North. The Rodong Shinmun, the organ of the Central Committee of the Workers¡¯ Party, said Friday the distribution of propaganda leaflets ¡°reflects South Korea¡¯s intention to provoke a war. We will not be playing dead.¡±
The piece dismissed the South Korean Unification Ministry¡¯s request to civic groups to refrain from distributing leaflets, saying the South Korean government was ¡°just playing games.¡±
The daily contrasts this supposed inactivity with the South Korean government¡¯s allegedly drastic handling of massive street protests earlier this year, saying the claim that Seoul ¡°is unable to control a voluntary act of individuals distributing anti-North Korean leaflets under the ¡®special¡¯ circumstances of a democratic country is complete nonsense.¡°
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A U.S. dollar bill and a Chinese yuan bill included in leaflets sent to North Korea by Fighters for Free North Korea and U.S. conservative activist Suzanne Scholte on Oct. 10, 2008, the anniversary of the North¡¯s Workers¡¯ Party.
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Meanwhile, the Tongil Shinbo, a North Korean weekly, wrote the leaflets ¡°are full of villainous attacks against the North Korean government. This provocation is unacceptable as it damages inter-Korean relations.¡±
Prof. Nam Joo-hong of Kyonggi University said the prolonged absence of Kim Jong-il from the public scene ¡°is obviously detrimental to the morale of North Korean regime. The leaflets distributed up to the southern part of the South Pyongnan Province seem to be playing a big role in undermining the morale of North Koreans.¡± Some 10 million leaflets have been sent to the North this year.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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