Planned launches of balloons by South Korean activists to send provocative leaflets to North Korea "may trigger large-scale military activities," North Korea’s state-run Minju Choson newspaper writes on Saturday.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea "has repeatedly warned the South Korean authorities that such actions can lead to resolute counter-measures," the newspaper said, Itar-Tass reported.
This position "affects inter-Korean relations extremely negatively," it said.
Earlier reports said activists from a South Korean conservative organization, having North Korean defectors in its ranks, plan to launch balloons carrying up to 50,000 leaflets from Imjinkak area close to the border with the North.
A representative from the South Korea’s Korean National Police Agency said in this connection that "the government has no legal foundations to block launches of leaflets by private organizations".