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North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission said it is being forced to reconsider a deal with South Korea to resume high-level talks due to the continued spread of propaganda leaflets across the border, the South’s unification ministry said Monday.
In a fax message delivered to the South’s presidential office through a military hotline early Sunday morning, the commission accused the South’s government of letting activists send leaflets, said the ministry.
It shows Seoul remains tepid on Pyongyang’s call to improve bilateral ties, the commission was quoted as saying.
The body, chaired by leader Kim Jong-un, said the two sides should “think about whether high-level contact can be held in such a mood,” according to the ministry.
In response, Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Council reiterated Seoul’s position that the government is unable to control the civilian campaign without proper legal grounds.
The NSC urged the North first to respond clearly to the offer of holding vice-ministerial talks on Oct. 30 in a reply sent Monday.
The two Koreas earlier agreed to open the talks between late October and early November.
The agreement was the fruit of an Oct. 4 trip here by a North Korean delegation led by Hwang Pyong-so, the director of the Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau.
Hwang said his surprise visit is expected to serve as an “alley” for improved inter-Korean relations and expressed hope for the opening of a “boulevard.”
A group of South Korean activists planned to fly balloons carrying leaflets from Imjingak, a park near the border, on Saturday morning but failed to do so amid clashes with progressive activists and local residents.
They instead secretly floated a huge balloon filled with leaflets at night from the nearby Gimpo. (
The North’s media said relations between the two Koreas are at a “critical juncture,” calling on the South to change its attitude.
To say nothing of a boulevard, the much-awaited alley is at the brink of closure, said the Rodong Sinmun, published by the Workers’ Party of Korea. (Yonhap)
In a fax message delivered to the South’s presidential office through a military hotline early Sunday morning, the commission accused the South’s government of letting activists send leaflets, said the ministry.
It shows Seoul remains tepid on Pyongyang’s call to improve bilateral ties, the commission was quoted as saying.
The body, chaired by leader Kim Jong-un, said the two sides should “think about whether high-level contact can be held in such a mood,” according to the ministry.
In response, Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Council reiterated Seoul’s position that the government is unable to control the civilian campaign without proper legal grounds.
The NSC urged the North first to respond clearly to the offer of holding vice-ministerial talks on Oct. 30 in a reply sent Monday.
The two Koreas earlier agreed to open the talks between late October and early November.
The agreement was the fruit of an Oct. 4 trip here by a North Korean delegation led by Hwang Pyong-so, the director of the Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau.
Hwang said his surprise visit is expected to serve as an “alley” for improved inter-Korean relations and expressed hope for the opening of a “boulevard.”
A group of South Korean activists planned to fly balloons carrying leaflets from Imjingak, a park near the border, on Saturday morning but failed to do so amid clashes with progressive activists and local residents.
They instead secretly floated a huge balloon filled with leaflets at night from the nearby Gimpo. (
The North’s media said relations between the two Koreas are at a “critical juncture,” calling on the South to change its attitude.
To say nothing of a boulevard, the much-awaited alley is at the brink of closure, said the Rodong Sinmun, published by the Workers’ Party of Korea. (Yonhap)
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