South Korea Urges the World to Put More Punishment for the North before Too Late
By Chhay Sophal
Seoul (3 April 2017): South Korean government official on Monday strongly asked the International Community to put more pressure on North Korea led by Kim Jong-un in order to change his attitude towards nuclear weapons or it will be too late
Speaking to about 100 journalists from 60 countries around the globe, including Cambodia, at the World Journalists Conference 2017 in Seoul, Ann Chong-ghee, South Korea’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, said since Kim Jong-un took power, North Korea has refused to even talk about denuclearization and provoked ‘imminent threats” to Korea peninsular as well as present the real danger to the entire world.
He blamed North Korea for ever closer to “mastering the technology to weak mass destruction” and South Korea would join the United States, Japan, Australia, and the European Union to tighten the pressure against the North.
Priority agenda must be about denuclearization above anything else “Otherwise it will be too late for regrets. We are to change North Korea’s behavior, the sanction must be strong enough to force North Korea to alter its strategic calculus,” Chong-ghee said.
The 5-day conference have kicked off today to let journalists from Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, America, North America, Africa to share their opinions with depth discussion on the theme.
The discussion also sharply focused on North Korea’s nuclear threat in both the region and the world.
“The Republic of Korea is the World’s only remaining divided country and still in a state of armistices. Therefore, I think it is very meaningful that we hold the conference here on the theme….and engage in serious discussions,” said Song Sookeun, South Korea’ 1st Vice Minister of Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, at the conference.
Also at the Conference conducted by Journalists Association of Korea, Song Sookeun, South Korea’ 1st Vice Minister of Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, said that North Korea had carried out nuclear tests and launched dozens of missiles, heightening tensions in the region and threatening peace on the Korean Peninsular.
Song Sookeun also urged the conference to offer insights into measures and tackle the crisis and build “a durable peace on the Korean Peninsular.