Park Sang-hak, a representative of the Free North Korean Movement Association, left for the United States yesterday (27th) while the US Congress is pushing for a hearing on the Korean government's ban on leaflets against North Korea.
Attorney Lee Hun, who is the legal representative of Park, said, "CEO Park left for the United States yesterday for business such as attending a hearing card for the US Congress," he said.
In a call with SBS, lawyer Lee Heon explained that he knew that Park had gone alone without a party, and that he would have arrived in the United States now.
Congressman Chris Smith, co-chair of the'Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee' under the U.S. Congress, said he plans to hold a hearing on the anti-North Korea warfare law, which imposes a sentence of up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 30 million won for spreading warfare against North Korea. There is a bar.
Until now, the hearing schedule has not been confirmed, and Park is expected to make contact with US human rights groups.
If the hearing is finalized and President Park speaks, there is a possibility that the controversy over the anti-warfare law against North Korea in the United States will intensify.
The Ministry of Unification is preparing a guideline for interpretation that includes content such as that spraying in third countries is not subject to the law before the enforcement of the Anti-North Korea Warfare Prohibition Act on March 30th.
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