North Korea to send ’12 million’ propaganda leaflets to South Korea
By DW
23 June 2020 |
9:00 am
Pyongyang said that it had prepared various methods — including the use of 3,000 balloons — to deliver the leaflets "deep inside South Korea." Seoul said it would respond depending on the delivery equipment used.
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