As tensions ratchet up between the 2 nations, North Korea is preparing to flood the South with 'mountain-high' piles of propaganda leaflets denouncing the South Korean president and North Korean defectors, state media in the country reported Saturday.
Kim Yo Jong, right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, helps Kim sign joint statement.South Korea's Unification Ministry said in a statement Saturday that it was"extremely regrettable that North Korea has disclosed through media about the plan to disseminate propaganda leaflets to South Korea."
Demanding that their neighbor"stop the plan immediately," the Ministry said it did"not help in establishing peace on the Korean peninsula and in the development of inter-Korean relations." Seoul also said it would"sternly" deal with any people or organizations in the South sending leaflets to the North.Adela Suliman is a London-based writer and reporter for NBC News Digital.
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