epa05231396 North Korean defectors fly balloons that carrying 50,000 anti-North Korean government propaganda leaflets, along with US dollar notes, into North Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Paju in Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea, 26 March 2016. South Korean president Park Geun-hye recently warned that North Korea's provocations will eventually lead to the regime's collapse, as she increased pressure on the reclusive regime to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN
PAJU, South Korea: South Korean activists launched tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea on Saturday, amid heightened tensions on the divided peninsula, using a propaganda tool that usually sparks threats of reprisals.
Conservative activists, including many North Korean defectors, have been carrying out leafleting exercises using giant gas-filled balloons for years.
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