DPRK demands halt to propaganda leaflets

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) threatened yesterday to expel citizens from the Republic of Korea (ROK) who are working in the DPRK if Seoul fails to stop activists from sending propaganda leaflets across the border, a ROK defense official said.

DPRK military officers made the demand to their ROK counterparts during a 20-minute contact at the border, the second official meeting between the two since February.

The DRPK officials repeated a threat made during talks earlier in the month to expel the ROK citizens working at two joint reconciliation projects in the DPRK if the leafletting does not stop, said Lee Sang-cheol, head of the ROK's Defense Ministry's DPRK department.