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South Korea to inspect its activists over anti-Pyongyang leaflets

The South Korean Unification Ministry will inspect dozens of government-registered activist groups to look into whether they have been involved in sending anti-North Korea leaflets, an official said here today.

The move comes as the Ministry has been pushing to revoke the operation permits of two North Korean defector groups for sending leaflets to Pyongyang in defiance of the government's calls against such activity, reports Yonhap News Agency.

"It is part of efforts to strengthen supervision on their operation," the Ministry official told reporters.

"The probe will be conducted first on 25 entities, including 13 groups run by North Korean defectors, from late this month … It will be expanded to others going forward."

He said that the probe will be carried out as some of the activist groups have been involved in sending anti-North Korea leaflets across the border, jeopardizing residents in border areas and heightening cross-border tensions, though he noted that it is one of many areas that will be looked into.

The sending of leaflets across the border by activist groups has emerged as a major source of cross-border tensions since Pyongyang called it a violation of an inter-Korean summit agreement and threatened to take a series of retaliatory steps against South Korea if it did not stop such activity.

North Korea also called South Korea an "enemy" and blew up a joint liaison office in its border town of Kaesong in anger over the leafleting issue last month.

Keyword/Tagline: North Korea, South Korea, Pyongyang, cross-border tensions.

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