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December 22, 2024

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Leaflets are psychological warfare. South Korea was right to ban them.

Citizens can still loudly criticize North Korea, but it’s up to the government to make diplomacy work

The following article is an opinion piece by Wang Son-taek, a research associate at Yeosijae (Future Consensus Institute) and a former diplomatic correspondent for South Korea’s YTN news network. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.


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