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Activists for human rights in North Korea on Tuesday vowed to keep sending propaganda leaflets to the North even though the government has asked them to desist. The announcement was made by Park Sang-hak, head of Fighters for Free North Korea and Choi Sung-yong, president of Family Assembly Abducted to North Korea.
Park and Choi said at a news conference held in Central Government Complex that they had decided to suspend their activities of sending leaflets for three months but reversed the decision after the North announced Monday that it will suspend tours to the North Korean border city of Kaesong and halt a cross-border rail service.
In a statement, they said North Korea¡¯s recent actions did not encourage them to have second thought. They promised to send more leaflets, which are usually floated across the border attached to helium balloons, unless Pyongyang officially apologizes for the fatal shooting of a South Korean tourist in Mt.Kumgang.
Choi said the two groups will decide what to do on Dec. 1, the day when North Korea has threatened to cut off all cross-border traffic. If North Korea agrees to dialogue with South Korea, he said, the groups could stop sending the leaflets, but if the talks prove fruitless, they will resume.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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