North Korea says propaganda leaflets sent from South could carry coronavirus

State-run media in North warn people about a strange object flying in the wind' as South Korean police raid office of leaflet distributor

North Korea has warned its citizens against reading propaganda leaflets sent via balloon over the border with the South, saying they could be carrying coronavirus.

The state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper urged people to stay away from the leaflets, according to news agency Yonhap, saying: Even when we come across a strange object flying in the wind, we must consider them as a possible route of transmission of the malicious virus rather than a natural phenomenon." It advised people to think and move" according to Covid-19 guidelines.