South Korea’s leader threatened on Tuesday that Seoul would react "mercilessly to any provocations" from the North, describing the situation over the border as "ominous" as she visited a frontline guard post.
South Korea’s leader threatened on Tuesday that Seoul would react "mercilessly to any provocations" from the North, describing the situation over the border as "ominous" as she visited a frontline guard post.
"The security situation on the Korean peninsula is very grave. North Korea's internal situation is ominous, raising concerns about provo
cations," said President Park Geun-Hye, wearing a military uniform on her first visit to the tense border since taking office in February.
"We should react sternly and mercilessly to any provocations by North Korea," she said, calling for "watertight security readiness".
Her warning came as North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-Un, flanked by senior military officials, visited the mausoleum of his late father in Pyongyang to pay his respects on an important anniversary.
Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which houses the embalmed bodies of his late father and grandfather, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
TV news footage showed Kim, clad in a dark Mao suit, standing before the white statues of his two predecessors, accompanied by dozens of uniformed military officials who bowed deeply towards the statues.
