Leaflet Ban News Today

Fighters for a Free North Korea loaded twenty large balloons with leaflets containing messages critical of the North Korean government and floated them across the demilitarized zone.

The hotline’s re-opening appears to have come about at the request of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, who had earlier acknowledged the degree of North Korea’s problems and suggested that better relations with the rest of the world might be needed.

The bad was bad policy, but that was a choice that only Seoul could make. Successive U.S. presidents and Congresses claimed the Republic of Korea to be a close ally. Candidate Joe Biden made improving alliances a key plank in his campaign. Yet Washington has never treated the ROK as a full partner. That remains the case today. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced that he intends to hold a hearing in March on South Korean legislation that bans leafletting into North Korea. A member of the GOP minor...