By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday the ban on sending propaganda leaflets to North Korea was ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSSEOUL - South Korea's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday the ban on sending propaganda leaflets to North Korea was unconstitutional, striking down a law passed in 2020 by the liberal party of then President Moon Jae-in, who sought better ties with Pyongyang.
The seven-to-two ruling found that a clause in the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act banning the distribution of leaflets excessively limited freedom of speech, the Court said in a summary of the ruling.
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