SEOUL, March 1 (Xinhua) — South Korean President
Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that the government will force the Democratic
People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to give up its nuclear program based
on firmer defense readiness and international cooperation.
Park made the remarks during her speech to commemorate the 97th
anniversary of Independence Movement Day against Japan's 1910-45
colonial rule of the Korean peninsula.
"It became clear for existing responses to be unable to discourage
North Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear development," Park said, adding that if the
DPRK is left as it is, Pyongyang will conduct fifth and sixth nuclear
tests which will threaten stability in Northeast Asia and peace in the
world as well as survival of Korean people.
The DPRK carried out what it claimed was its first H-bomb test, the
fourth of its nuclear detonations, on Jan. 6, and went ahead with the
launch of a long-range rocket, which outsiders see as a banned test of
ballistic missile technology, on Feb. 7.
Tougher new sanctions toward the DPRK are under discussion at the UN
Security Council, and South Korea implemented its unilateral
restrictions by closing down the Kaesong industrial zone, the
once-jointly-run factory park in the DPRK's border city of Kaesong.
From=Fresh News
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