North Korea defectors push ahead with leaflet, aid campaigns despite South Korea's legal threats

File photo of Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and leader of an anti-North Korea civic group, shows leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the media, near the demilitarised zone in Paju, South Korea, in 2016. - Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters): Two North Korean defector-run groups targeted for legal action by South Korean authorities say they intend to continue sending propaganda leaflets and humanitarian aid into North Korea, despite criticism from governments in both countries.

South Korea, which is trying to improve ties with the North, on Wednesday (June 10) accused the two groups, Kuensaem Education Centre and Fighters for a Free North Korea, of violating the Inter-Korean Exchange and Co-operation Act by sending leaflets and aid such as rice and medicine.