Gyeonggi Province: "We will block anti-North Korea leaflet distribution to the end"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] Following an instruction from Governor Kim Dong-yeon, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will resolutely and thoroughly prevent the distribution of anti-North Korea leaflets through intensive patrols and surveillance activities in high-risk areas such as Paju, based on the currently issued administrative order.

The province stated during a spokesman's briefing on the 18th, "Although North Korea's noise broadcasts toward the South ceased after the 12th, the Abductees' Family Union completed assembly notification to distribute anti-North Korea leaflets at Imjingak in Paju from the 14th through July 10th," and emphasized this point.

The province said, "We assess that if anti-North Korea leaflet distribution were to occur at the assembly, it would seriously threaten the safety and peace of residents in border areas," and stated clearly, "We will prohibit the import of goods related to anti-North Korea leaflets within danger zones, and will prosecute those who attempt to forcibly distribute leaflets."

Additionally, the province said, "We will grasp the movements of organizations related to anti-North Korea leaflet distribution and wind direction patterns by time, and will conduct thorough border area patrols to prevent surprise leaflet distribution," and added, "Such efforts will continue indefinitely until the administrative order without a set time limit is lifted."

Accordingly, the province plans to respond firmly so that North Korea's waste balloons, broadcasts toward the South, and anti-North Korea leaflet distribution by civic groups do not disrupt the daily lives of border area residents, as Governor Kim Dong-yeon has emphasized.

Meanwhile, Governor Kim Dong-yeon issued an administrative order (based on the Framework Act on Disaster and Safety Management) on October 16 last year designating three cities and counties—Paju, Yeoncheon, and Gimpo—as danger zones, and has mobilized all available resources with the province's special judicial police unit, cities and counties, police, and military units to prevent anti-North Korea leaflet distribution.