Propaganda leaflets balloon-launched into North Korea from South, but no 'Interview'
North Korea threatens one South Korean activist involved in balloon launches he will "pay for his crimes in blood' if copies of Hollywood film 'The Interview' are included
South Korean activists balloon-launched anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea and threatened on Tuesday to follow them with copies of Hollywood comedy ,” despite the North’s dire threats of retaliation.
The North has warned at least one activist that he would “pay for his crimes in blood” if copies of the movie about a CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made it across the border.
Activist Park Sang-hak told local media that his group, Fighters for a Free North Korea (FFNK), had launched balloons with 100,000 leaflets on Monday night in an unpublicised operation near the border town of Paju.
Copies of were “intentionally” excluded from the leaflet packages, Park said, but added his group still had plans to send USB files and DVDs of the film at a later date.
Park told Yonhap news agency he might reconsider if North Korea agrees to the South’s proposal for high-level talks on a possible reunion for families divided by the 1950-53 Korean war.
The US-based Human Rights Foundation, which supports the FFNK activities, said further balloon launches would be carried out this week, despite the “bullying” threats from Pyongyang.
