The launch, which followed the North’s fourth nuclear test last month, aggravated already-strained ties between the rival Koreas.
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His report, dated January 19 but published on Monday, also said three experts should be appointed to find the best legal path to hold North Korea to account and find “creative and practical” ways to establish the truth and ensure justice for victims.
She told members: “The suspension of the Kaesong industrial zone is only the start of a series of actions we will be taking together with the global community”.
North Korea also labeled as “laughable” Washington’s new sanctions against Pyongyang, which were signed into law by President Barack Obama on Thursday and are aimed at denying the North the money to develop miniaturized warheads and the long-range missiles required to deliver them.
Choi Kang, vice president of the Asan Institute think-tank in Seoul said Ms Park’s speech flagged a clear and significant policy change.
Geopolitical risks will have a limited effect on South Korea’s economy and financial markets, the credit companies said, keeping the country’s sovereign rating outlook at stable.
She also warned against using the increased tension for political purposes, which she said “would be exactly what the North would want to see”.
The US has deployed four F-22 stealth jets in South Korea, in a show of force following North Korea’s recent nuclear tests and satellite launch.
Much of the aid was made when South Korea was governed by back-to-back liberal governments seeking rapprochement with North Korea from 1998 to 2003, according to her office.
The U.S. military would not say how long the F-22s will be deployed in South Korea.
China, traditionally the nearest the North Koreans could call an ally, joined Russian Federation in condemning the launch before it took place.
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Despite Beijing’s annoyance with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and its young maverick leader Kim Jong-Un, its priority has been to prevent chaos on China’s border.
