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Former North Korean defector Park Sang Hak prepares to release a balloon bearing leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, his son Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea demonstration at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Former North Korean defectors flew the 100,000 propaganda leaflets across the border to denounce the family's rule of the North. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)