North Korea warns South Korea to stop defectors from scattering 'propaganda' leaflets

The sister of North Korea’s leader has warned South Korea that the regime will cancel a recent bilateral military agreement if defectors do not stop sending leaflets into the demilitarised zone. Kim Yo-jong, who serves unofficially as Kim Jong-un's chief of staff, issued the warning in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA on Thursday. She was referring to thousands of "anti-DPRK leaflets" titled "Defectors from the North" recently dumped along the North's side of the heavily fortified demilitarised zone, which separates the two countries. "If such an act of evil intention committed before our eyes is left to take its own course under the pretext of 'freedom of individuals' and 'freedom of expression', the south Korean authorities must face the worst phase shortly," Ms Kim said. Ms Kim warned of the possible scrapping of the inter-Korean military agreement that promised to eliminate practical threats of war as a result of the leaflets.

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