South Koreans now free to read North's newspaper, once banned as seditious


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SEOUL: Packed with missile tests, propaganda hailing the great leaders and tirades against the United States, North Korea's top newspaper was long considered so incendiary that South Korea banned its citizens from reading it.

But dovish President Lee Jae Myung is now seeking better ties with Pyongyang and has joked that he doesn't believe the public will "become commies" by reading the Rodong Sinmun.

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