North Korea threatens ‘shower of shells’ in response to anti-Pyongyang leaflets

South Korean conservative activists prepare to release balloons bearing leaflets condemning the North Korean leader during an anti-North Korea rally in 2011 (Lee Jin-man/ AP File)

North Korea criticised rival South Korea on Wednesday for removing a law that banned private activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North.

North Korea insisted that such activities amount to psychological warfare and threatened to respond with a “shower of shells”.