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Activists resumed sending anti-communist leaflets to North Korea after a month of voluntary suspension at the request of the government and the ruling party. Some 50 members of an association of 24 conservative civic groups on Thursday gathered in Imjingak Plaza in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, to attach 3,000 leaflets to one large balloon and 300 other small balloons to send to North Korea for an hour at 2:40 p.m.
The leaflets contain criticisms of the North Korean regime, depicting the dire food shortage in North Korea compared to the luxurious life of its leader, Kim Jong-il. Some nightscape pictures of Seoul and Pyongyang, and food aid to North Korea, were also included.
Choi Woo-won, co-leader of the association, said, ¡°The Sunshine Policy is obviously a failure since millions of North Koreans have died of starvation despite several billion tons of food aid by the South Korean government over the last 10 years. The Unification Ministry also does not have any right to prevent civic groups sending leaflets.¡±
Due to a mild breeze, the members could only send 3,000 out of 30,000 leaflets they prepared. ¡°We will hold a massive rally in about 10 days,¡± said Choi. The Family Assembly Abducted to North Korea and the Fighters for a Free North Korea, two groups that normally lead such campaigns, did not participate in Thursday¡¯s event.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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