Pyongyang raps South Korea for scattering anti-DPRK leaflets

PYONGYANG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday rapped South Korea for scattering anti-DPRK leaflets, saying it pushed inter-Korean relations to the phase of confrontation, local media reported.

A large number of leaflets attached to balloons had been launched recently in Kimhwa County, Jangphung County, the Mt. Kumgang tourist zone and other areas in the DPRK, said the head of the DPRK's delegation to the north-south military working talks, in a notice to South Korean military authorities, the official KCNA news agency reported.

On Jan. 1 alone, hundreds of thousands leaflets insulting the DPRK leaders were scattered over areas of the north side by the People's Alliance for Sending Leaflets to the North, according to the notice. The group is made up of several ultra-right conservative organizations in South Korea.

The DPRK army would never tolerate such acts and South Korean authorities must take measures to disband the ultra-right conservative organizations which continued scattering anti-DPRK leaflets to the DPRK people, the KCNA news agency said.