South Korea police stop ‘hostile acts’

A South Korean activist, centre, who opposes releasing anti-North Korea propaganda balloons to North Korea, scuffles with North Korean defectors during a rally in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea on May 5, 2018.

A South Korean activist, centre, who opposes releasing anti-North Korea propaganda balloons to North Korea, scuffles with North Korean defectors during a rally in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea on May 5, 2018.   | Photo Credit: AP

South Korean police on Saturday prevented activists from launching anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, citing an agreement reached at a historic inter-Korean summit last month.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had agreed to restore peace and reconciliation and cease all hostile acts when they met at Panmunjom on April 27.

“Hostile acts” include broadcasting through loudspeakers installed along their tense border and distributing propaganda leaflets to each other's side.

Police surrounded a small truck carrying some 5,000 leaflets, plastic balloons and gas canisters, preventing the activists from unloading them.