Anchor: North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday complained about the recently resumed anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaign in South Korea. As the North appears to be conditioning the much-anticipated inter-Korean talks with the suspension of leaflet activities, the South Korean government has urged the North to come to the dialogue table without any strings attached.
Our Kim Soyon has the latest development.
 
Report: Pyongyang slammed Seoul on Wednesday, blaming it for allowing civic groups to continue sending anti-North Korean leaflets across the border.
 
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said if the South Korean government had done its part, leaflet activities could have been prevented.  
 
Coming two days after a group of North Korean defectors launched balloons across the border carrying leaflets, the KCNA urged the South to take action against such moves.  

The state-run media said the latest act by South Korean activists is a move to “obstruct the improvement of North-South relations and spoil an atmosphere of dialogue.” It added the South's condoning of the leaflet campaign amounts to an active collusion.
 
But the South is keeping its basic approach. Asked to clarify Seoul’s latest position on the matter, Unification Ministry spokesman Lim Byeong-cheol reiterated that the government has no legal grounds to stop civic groups from flying leaflets across the border, saying it is a right of free speech.
 
The spokesman, however, acknowledged a district court ruling a day earlier that recognized the government’s right to stop leaflet activities when the lives of its citizens are in danger. While stressing that the administration respects the decision, Lim said police can take safety measures or issue travel restrictions on areas where leaflet activities are taking place if deemed necessary.   
 
However, the South Korean spokesman made it clear that such safety measures cannot directly affect the right of free speech. He stressed if the North has the sincere will to improve cross-border ties, it should demonstrate it through action by responding to South Korea's proposed talks with no preconditions.
Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.