The military sent propaganda leaflets to North Korea at least 23 times last year under the former President Yoon Suk Yeol administration, following an order issued the previous year to resume leaflet operations, a lawmaker said Wednesday. The office of ruling party Rep. Choo Mi-ae disclosed the information, citing the result of a defense ministry probe, as Yoon faces charges of sending drones to North Korea last year to provoke a retaliation and use it as a pretext for his declaration of martial law last December. The National Security Council approved a decision to resume leaflet operations in October 2023 before carrying them out between February and November last year ahead of Yoon's failed martial law bid on Dec. 3, according to the probe results submitted to Choo's office. The decision by the security council to resume such operations came shortly after the Constitutional Court ruled a law banning such campaigns unconstitutional in September 2023, citing freedom of expression. Leaflet operations had been suspended since July 2017. Then Defense Minister Shin Won-sik, then Unification