South Korean activists launched about 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border Friday, despite past North Korean threats to shell the "human scum" participating in such events.

About 40 activists, including North Korean defectors, shouted slogans calling for the overthrow of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as they released helium balloons carrying the leaflets.

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