The National Assembly of South Korea has passed an amendment to the law prohibiting flying villas toward North Korea.
The Moon Jae-in administration, which aims to improve North-South relations, has said that it is to protect the safety of residents, but it has been criticized as a violation of freedom of expression.
South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration has launched a North Korean defector group in May, which criticized Kim Jong-un, the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, toward North Korea. In response to what he did, he showed a policy to crack down on these acts.
On the night of the 14th, the National Assembly of South Korea passed a bill to amend the law on the development of North-South relations with the majority of the ruling parties supporting the Mun administration.
According to this, broadcasting with loudspeakers and flying villas are prohibited near the north-south military demarcation line, and in case of violation, imprisonment for up to 3 years or 30 million won, Japanese yen The fine is about 2.9 million yen or less.
The Mun administration, which aims to improve North-South relations, says it is to protect the safety of residents in areas near the military demarcation line, but opposition parties and human rights groups have criticized it as a violation of freedom of expression.
Prior to this, on the 13th, the Diet passed a bill to amend the law to transfer the authority to investigate North Korea's espionage activities from the National Intelligence Service, an intelligence agency, to the police, and it has the ability to collect information. There are also concerns that the number of people will decline.