The unification ministry said Friday it is in talks with related government agencies to review measures to allow public access to the Rodong Sinmun, the main newspaper of North Korea's ruling Worker's Party, and other North Korean materials. In South Korea, public access to North Korean media and publications, including the Rodong Sinmun, is denied as they are classified as "special materials" due to concerns that they include content praising and promoting North Korea. President Lee Jae Myung took issue with a ban on public access to the North's materials during last week's policy briefing by the unification ministry. Lee said the current ban amounts to "treating the public as those who can fall for propaganda and agitation" by the North. Later in the day, the unification ministry, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and other government agencies are believed to hold a meeting to review ways to reclassify the Rodong Sinmun as "general materials," not as special ones under the spy agency's guidelines. "We are considering measures to allow public access to North Korean materials in a