Ever since North Korea turned the joint-liaison office into plumes of smoke on June 16, propaganda launches by defector-activists have transformed into a contentious free speech issue in the South.

Pyongyang partly blamed the unraveling of inter-Korean relations on Seoul’s failure to stop these activists from sending leaflets, rice, USBs, bibles, and other goods over the border.

And while some analysts say North Korea is merely using leaflets as a scapegoat for strategic baiting, defector-activists still seem to be taking the fall on the streets of Seoul.

“I don’t like it that they’re sending propaganda fliers to North Korea,”