The South Korean government appears to be struggling to halt the spreading of anti-communist leaflets for fear of worsening relations with North Korea.
“We believe the leaflets may have a negative impact on inter-Korean relations,” Kim Sung-ho, chief of the National Intelligence Service, said in a parliamentary audit on Thursday.
But, as he and other government officials admit, there is no legal basis for putting a halt to the leaflet-spreading activities…[no moral basis, either]
Does Korea’s relationship with the communist North really outweigh the freedom of speech of its own citizens?
Find the whole article at The Korea Herald site.
