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Thu, 02/24/2011 - 15:20
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S. Korea sending supplies into N. Korea in propaganda balloons: lawmaker
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has been sending basic supplies such as medicine and clothing in propaganda balloons to North Korea since early this month, mixing them with news leaflets on the intensifying uprisings in the Middle East, a lawmaker here said Thursday.
About 10,000 pieces of basic goods have been sent by the South Korean military to the North across the heavily armed border since early February, Rep. Song Young-sun of a conservative opposition party said, citing a report from the Ministry of National Defense.
The balloons also contained leaflets that warn the North Korean regime of consequences of dictatorship, citing uprisings that have overthrown leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, the lawmaker said.
The leaflets are also aimed at informing the North Korean public of the ongoing unrest in Libya where anti-government protests are spreading despite armed attacks by military units, she said.
South Korea resumed sending anti-Pyongyang balloons to North Korea after the communist neighbor shelled a border South Korean island and killed four people in November last year.
The two Koreas remain technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty. Their relations eroded to the lowest point in years after a conservative government took power in Seoul in 2008 with a pledge to get tougher on the North and its nuclear arms ambitions.
About 10,000 pieces of basic goods have been sent by the South Korean military to the North across the heavily armed border since early February, Rep. Song Young-sun of a conservative opposition party said, citing a report from the Ministry of National Defense.
The balloons also contained leaflets that warn the North Korean regime of consequences of dictatorship, citing uprisings that have overthrown leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, the lawmaker said.
The leaflets are also aimed at informing the North Korean public of the ongoing unrest in Libya where anti-government protests are spreading despite armed attacks by military units, she said.
South Korea resumed sending anti-Pyongyang balloons to North Korea after the communist neighbor shelled a border South Korean island and killed four people in November last year.
The two Koreas remain technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty. Their relations eroded to the lowest point in years after a conservative government took power in Seoul in 2008 with a pledge to get tougher on the North and its nuclear arms ambitions.
