Defense Ministry launches probe into military propaganda unit over anti-Pyongyang leafleting
Published: 05 Dec. 2025, 14:05
![The photograph, released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 11, 2024, shows anti-Pyongyang leaflets allegedly sent from South Korea [KCNA]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/12/05/c6be2d18-fef5-4fd5-bafb-6eebd6533efd.jpg)
The photograph, released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 11, 2024, shows anti-Pyongyang leaflets allegedly sent from South Korea [KCNA]
The Ministry of National Defense has launched an investigation into allegations that a military propaganda unit secretly sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets to North Korea during former President Yoon Suk Yeol's term to provoke the North, officials said Friday.
As part of the probe, the ministry recently questioned the former and current chiefs of the defense psychological operation group and conducted an on-site investigation at front-line units under the group, according to the officials.
"The ministry has launched the investigation in accordance with orders by the defense minister," a ministry official said, without providing further details.
The probe comes as the government has been seeking to take disciplinary measures against those involved in Yoon's botched martial law imposition on Dec. 3 last year.
In a recent media report, a former conscript who took part in the operation raised the possibility of the military attempting to induce a North Korean attack through the leafleting campaign. He claimed the operation began in October 2023, before North Korea started sending thousands of trash balloons across the border into the South.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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