By Kim Sue-young
Staff Reporter

North Korea has called on South Korea to punish members of conservative organizations who sent anti-Kim Jong-il fliers across the border, the North's state media said Wednesday.

The chief delegate to inter-Korean military talks was quoted as saying by the Korean Central News Agency that ``South Korean organizations, swept by anti-communism, caused a disturbance by flying tens of thousands of leaflets from Paju, Gyeonggi Province on Jan. 1.

``South Korean authorities have to immediately take steps against those conservative groups and punish the main culprits,’’ he said.

Since late 2008, the fliers criticizing Kim Jong-il’s dictatorship and sometimes, containing U.S. dollars and Chinese currency, have troubled the isolated state, which controls the press and offers only limited information.

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