DPRK: No north-south dialogue possible
Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je)
(VOVworld)- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said firmly on Saturday that there will be no dialogue between Pyongyang and Seoul or chances of improvement of inter-Korean relations unless Seoul's anti-DPRK leaflet drop is suspended. According to a statement released by the DPRK's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, a South Korean civic organization again flew anti-Pyongyang leaflets in Kyeonggi Province at midnight of Friday to shun away from public attention, according to the statement. On Oct. 25, a group of South Korean conservative activists sought to fly balloons carrying anti-DPRK leaflets in Imjingak near the inter-Korean land border, but it failed as progressive civic groups and residents there were strongly opposed to it. The activists instead floated a large balloon containing the leaflets at night from the nearby Gimpo area. It also said that Pyongyang will lodge a complaint to international organizations such as the United Nations against Seoul's dispersion of anti-DPRK leaflets, in a bid to build an international chorus of condemnation of such moves that hurt the dignity of the country's leadership. The Park Geun-hye administration will "have to pay a dear price " for scuppering the hard-won opportunity for improving the north- south ties, the statement added.