"100,000 flyers in pyongyang"...fears of conflict in enforcement policy

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Amid growing tensions between the two Koreas due to North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia as well as its provocation of filth balloons, a group of families of abductees said it would soon distribute 100,000 leaflets to North Korea.

Even though Gyeonggi-do Province banned the distribution of leaflets in the border area, there are concerns about a collision.

Reporter Kim Yi-young reports.

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"Return the abductees immediately!"

Families of abductees have announced that they will send all 100,000 North Korean leaflets from Paju, Gyeonggi Province within next week.

The leaflet contained photos and names of the kidnapped victim.

He emphasized that he would let flyers fall in downtown Pyongyang, and that he wanted to know about the news of his family kidnapped to the North.

[Choi Seong-ryong / Chairman of the Family Association of South Korean abductees after the war: Before opposing the newsletter, we must first demand North Korea's request to resolve the abduction issue and stop the ongoing provocations, and ask our organization to refrain from doing so. That's the order.]

However, Paju is one of the places in Gyeonggi Province that was designated as a "danger zone" under the Disaster Safety Act 10 days ago.

It is a measure taken for the safety of the residents, saying that the act of sending leaflets to North Korea increases military tensions.

In response to the announcement of the leaflet distribution, related agencies such as Gyeonggi-do Province and the police plan to keep a close eye on the situation and restrain it on the spot.

Even so, residents of the border region, who are in pain from night to dawn broadcasting to South Korea, have become more anxious about the news.

[Residents of Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do: (Extremely) I can hear someone sobbing and crying like this. If I keep hearing that sound, I think it'll make my mind a little weird. I think we need a lot of countermeasures soon.]

A few days ago, residents of the Paju border area gathered to hold a rally against leaflet spraying, saying there was a risk of provoking North Korea.

Tensions are rising as North Korea is sending leaflets as if targeting the presidential office in Yongsan as well as South Korean broadcasts.

I'm YTN's Kim Lee Young.

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: Lee Seung-joon