Unification ministry announces guidelines on leafleting ban to clarify 'scope of application' | Yonhap News Agency
The unification ministry on Friday unveiled guidelines on a recently legislated ban on sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea in an effort to ensure better interpretation of the law.
The amendment to the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act, which passed the National Assembly and the Cabinet last month, has raised concerns among critics that it could hurt freedom of expression and undercut efforts to send outside information into the reclusive North.
Concerns were also raised that the law could prohibit the sending of leaflets or other items to the North from a third country such as China.
