A group of abductees announced the large-scale distribution of leaflets to North Korea...Concern of conflict with residents' opposition

[Anchor]
A group of abductees is pushing ahead with the distribution of leaflets to North Korea in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do this morning.

The Gyeonggi provincial government is in a position to prevent the spread of leaflets, but there are also scheduled rallies against nearby residents, which are feared to cause physical conflicts.

There is a reporter on the scene. Reporter Yoon Woong Sung!

[Reporter]
Yes, it is in front of the Korean War abductees memorial in Paju.

[Anchor]
The leaflet distribution announced by the abductees group is this morning, so how is the site now?

[Reporter]
Yes, the abductees' family meeting, a group of abductees, announced that it would distribute leaflets at 11 a.m. today.

It plans to hold a rally from 10 a.m., about two hours later, and send leaflets to the North in about an hour.

We're going to spray 50,000 of the 100,000 leaflets we printed,

They wrote down photos and explanations of victims of kidnapping, including Koreans and Japanese, on leaflets to North Korea and included a dollar bill.

Amid rising military tensions with North Korea, some point out that the spraying of leaflets to North Korea stimulates North Korea, but the group is sticking to its intention to push ahead with the event, saying that North Korea should stop broadcasting to the South or spraying garbage balloons.

On the other hand, residents near the border plan to stop them from sending leaflets to North Korea.

More than 100 residents of the civilian control line village in Paju gathered around 20 tractors to prevent the spread of transmission to North Korea.

Residents are strongly protesting that the North's sending of leaflets to the North by a group of abductees will cause damage to the South, such as increasing the noise level of loudspeakers in the South, destroying daily life and livelihoods.

Gyeonggi Province has also set three cities and counties near the border, including Paju, as dangerous zones under the Disaster Safety Act, and has defined the act of distributing leaflets to North Korea as a safety threat to provincial residents.

The plan is to forcibly deter the North by mobilizing special judicial police if it distributes leaflets to the North, which is feared to cause physical conflict between North Korean abductees, civilian control line residents, and special envoys.

[Anchor]
I don't want anyone to get hurt. How do you plan to manage your safety?

[Reporter]
Yes, the police decided to deploy a large-scale career here because they were concerned about their clashes.

The Gyeonggi Northern Police Agency said it will send more than 1,000 police officers from the task force and transportation and information functions to the rally today.

Although the event is still two hours away, buses carrying experiences from the task force are arriving one after another.

Police plan to block physical contact by building walls between groups.

He also stressed that if they commit an illegal act, they will collect evidence and investigate it strictly.

This is YTN Yoon Woong-sung at the Paju Korean War abductees Memorial Hall.