Seoul, Dec 3, 2025 (AFP) - Seoul passes law to ban sending balloons to North Korea

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2025-12-03

South Korea has passed a law banning unmanned balloons from no-fly zones, Seoul's unification ministry said Wednesday, in a move expected to curb activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. "An amendment to the Aviation Safety Act, which bans the flight of all unmanned free balloons in no-fly zones, was passed at a plenary session of the National Assembly" on Tuesday, it said in a statement sent to AFP. cdl/mtp ...

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