Jun Ji-hye, a reporter at the finance desk of The Korea Times, focuses primarily on economic policy and government agencies, mainly covering the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Budget and Planning, the National Tax Service and the Korea Customs Service. She previously covered financial authorities, including the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service, and earlier worked on the political, city and business desks, reporting on a wide range of issues.
NK renews calls for stopping anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaign
By Jun Ji-hye
North Korea’s National Defense Commission (NDC) has submitted letters of protest to Cheong Wa Dae calling for a group of conservative activists to be stopped from floating balloons containing anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the demilitarized zone (DMZ), according to government officials Tuesday.
“The NDC sent the letters twice on Saturday and Monday to the presidential office’s National Security Office,” said an official.
The letter that arrived Saturday claimed that Seoul should first stop spreading anti-Pyongyang leaflets if it wants to hold inter-Korean high-level talks, he said.
Cheong Wa Dae replied Sunday, stating “The South is complying with the no-slander policy that was decided upon during the high level talks last February, but the government is not able to restrict activists’ right to freedom of assembly and association without a legal basis.”
The official said that the North’s letter on Monday was a repetition of the previously stated position.
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