Plan to send leaflets into DPRK foiled

By Agencies in Seoul and Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2012-10-23 08:07

Police officers stand guard to block trucks containing anti-DPRK leaflets on a road in Paju near the demilitarized zone, ROK, on Monday. Seoul has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets to the DPRK after Pyongyang threatened to attack. Ahn Young-Joon / Associated Press

Republic of Korea police on Monday prevented activists from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which had threatened to respond with a "merciless" military strike.