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DPRK says leaflet drop "catastrophic" to inter-Korean relations

24 October 2014 19:57 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday strongly condemned South Korea and the United States for conniving at the "catastrophic" anti-DPRK leaflet drop, calling for a halt of such moves, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The leaflet distribution, part of "psychological warfare" against the DPRK by the U.S. and South Korea, is war-provoking and brings "catastrophic impact on north-south relations," said a white paper issued by the DPRK national reunification institute.

The move has violated the Armistice Agreement on the 1950-1953 Korean War signed in 1953 and other bilateral agreements, the white paper said.

Such distribution has become "all the more undisguised" during the administration of former South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and incumbent Park Geun-hye, according to the white paper.

Although Seoul has agreed to stop such slander this February, it continued to spread leaflets that "hurt the dignity of the DPRK leadership and its social system," the white paper added.