The recent passage of legal revisions regulating the scattering of propaganda leaflets into North Korea has ended the era of leaflet campaigns targeting Pyongyang, the unification ministry said Monday, expressing hope for the restoration of inter-Korean ties. "The latest revisions to the Act on the Performance of Duties by Police Officers and the Aviation Safety Act have made it difficult to scatter anti-North Korea leaflets, effectively drawing the era of leaflet campaigns toward the North to a close," unification ministry spokesperson Yoon Min-ho said at a press briefing. Following the passage of a revised Aviation Safety Act in early December that more strictly regulates the airborne launch of leaflets near the border with North Korea, the National Assembly passed another revised law the previous day granting police broader legal authority to block leaflet campaigns. The spokesperson said leaflet campaigns toward the North have fueled distrust between the Koreas and undermined the peace and safety of border residents, expressing hope that the revisions could serve as a starting point