South Korean President Park says time to play hardball with North
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called on Tuesday for "courage" in standing up to North Korea, saying a fundamentally new approach was needed to derail Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
As the North's neighbour and prime target, South Korea must take a leading role in sanctioning Pyongyang for its nuclear provocations, Park said in an address to the National Assembly.
The speech came a week after Park took the unprecedented step of shutting down operations at the jointly run Kaesong industrial estate in North Korea, triggering an aggressive response from Pyongyang.
"It has become clear that we cannot break North Korea's will to develop nuclear weapons through existing means and goodwill," Park said.
As the North's neighbour and prime target, South Korea must take a leading role in sanctioning Pyongyang for its nuclear provocations, Park said in an address to the National Assembly.
The speech came a week after Park took the unprecedented step of shutting down operations at the jointly run Kaesong industrial estate in North Korea, triggering an aggressive response from Pyongyang.
"It has become clear that we cannot break North Korea's will to develop nuclear weapons through existing means and goodwill," Park said.