A Treatise On The Defectors Behind Heating Up North-South Korean Relations

Line of Civil Control at the South Korean Border (doc. Wikimedia)

JAKARTA - North Korea has surprisingly destroyed the inter-Korean liaison office. As a result, relations between the two countries have heated up again, with North Korea threatening to increase the number of its military forces in the South Korea-North Korea Demilitarized Zone.

The bombing of the liaison office was triggered by North Korea's disappointment with South Korea, which he said had failed to deal with activists and defectors. Moreover, this group often sends anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border.

In a statement in the media, North Korea accused South Korea of tampering with the 2018 agreement and allowing activists and defectors to behave like "mongrel dogs" and "human trash". North Korea also said what the defectors did was an insult to the dignity of North Korea's top leader.

"We are doing this as a humanitarian aid among those who have the same values, so whatever North Korea says, we will continue to help those in difficult situations, the elderly and the victims," said Park Jung-oh, 61. North Korean refugees, as summarized by Reuters, Kamsi, June 18.

In fact, the defectors referred to by the North Korean military are former refugees and survivors from North Korea. Together with humanitarian activists, they often send food aid, medicines to flash drives containing South Korean dramas and news.

The items are usually sent by balloon so they can cross the heavily fortified border or are bottled and streamed through rivers. This group realized that this action would cause problems.

"I don't know why the Unification Ministry makes fun of all of us. The (South Korean) government - Gangwha police, maritime police and military - all know about us," Park said, unloading rice and bottles from his white truck. He said he had not been contacted by South Korean authorities since they announced they would take legal action against defectors.

South Korean authorities have moved occasionally to halt such operations, including in 2018 during a series of summits between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.