Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - People including defectors from North Korea release large balloons carrying about 200,000 leaflets criticizing the North's government into the sky during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang Jang Yop's death. Hwang, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting from the North in 1997.

S. Korean group releases balloons carrying leaflets over border

S. Korean group releases balloons carrying leaflets over border

Park Sang Hak, head of a South Korean activist group comprising North Korean defectors, speaks to reporters in Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North on Aug. 14, 2015. The group, called the Fighters for a Free North Korea, released balloons carrying about 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border into North Korea. Seoul accused Pyongyang earlier in the week of planting landmines in the demilitarized zone that seriously injured two South Korean soldiers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - People including defectors from North Korea release large balloons carrying about 200,000 leaflets criticizing the North's government into the sky during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang Jang Yop's death. Hwang, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting from the North in 1997. (Kyodo)