A gaggle representing the households of these kidnapped by North Korea vowed Thursday to fly leaflets into North Korea subsequent week, aiming to lift consciousness in regards to the abductee difficulty.
About 100,000 leaflets bearing the names and images of abductees in North Korea can be despatched throughout the border from the western border metropolis of Paju someday subsequent week, the group mentioned in a press convention in Suwon, south of Seoul.
A replica of the leaflet proven by the group included photographs and descriptions of these kidnapped by North Korea, together with Megumi Yokota from Japan and 5 different Koreans who have been kidnapped as highschool college students.
Choi Seong-ryong, the group’s head, vowed to make use of all means to make sure the leaflets land in downtown Pyongyang, saying the group would don’t have any higher alternative to lift consciousness in regards to the abductee difficulty.
Their deliberate motion additionally goals to press North Korea to interact in dialogue over the problem of households separated by the 1950-53 Korean Battle and to halt its trash balloon marketing campaign towards the South, he mentioned.
“Contemplating numerous circumstances, we are going to scatter (the leaflets) subsequent week beneath any situation … and one-dollar payments can be included with them,” Choi mentioned.
The precise timing and placement of the motion can be disclosed later, he mentioned.
Earlier within the day, North Korea launched about 20 balloons carrying trash towards South Korea within the newest occasion of a sustained on-and-off propaganda marketing campaign that has raised tensions with Seoul.
Citing potential safety dangers to residents, the regional authorities of Gyeonggi designated Paju and two different areas under the inter-Korean border as “hazard zones” requiring catastrophe safety, efficient from Oct. 16 to Nov. 30.
The Gyeonggi regional authorities, navy and police are anticipated to debate joint responses to dam the declared leaflet marketing campaign. (Yonhap)
