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North Korea: South's leaflet campaign 'declaration of war'

The distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border is "a de facto declaration of war," North Korea warned the South on Friday.

By JC Finley
Heavy barbed wire fences guard the Freedom Bridge, connecting South Korea to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and North Korea, near Seoul on January 29, 2013. (UPI/Stephen Shaver)
Heavy barbed wire fences guard the Freedom Bridge, connecting South Korea to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and North Korea, near Seoul on January 29, 2013. (UPI/Stephen Shaver) | License Photo

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- North Korea said Friday that propaganda leaflets sent by balloon from South Korea is tantamount to a declaration of war.

"It's a de facto declaration of war to insult and slander our supreme self-dignity and system with every kind of false and fabricated information," Pyongyang stated.

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The warning comes as activists in South Korea say they plan to dispatch 100,000 leaflets across the border on Saturday.

Earlier this month, on the 69th anniversary of the Workers' Party in the North, South Korean activists floated balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang pamphlets across the border that were then shot at by the North's military. Some shots landed south of the border, prompting Seoul's military to return fire. Pyongyang has threatened to "annihilate" those responsible for the pamphlet campaign.

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