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S.Korea urges DPRK to immediately stop nuke, missile development

Xinhua, October 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to immediately stop nuclear and missile developments that put the fate of the Korean Peninsula in danger and acted as a stumbling block to world peace. "(South Korea) should make North Korea (DPRK) face up to the truth that it has nothing to gain from provocation and confrontation and should make it come to the road of peace on the Korean Peninsula, joint development and unification," Park said during her speech at the ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of the Armed Forces Day.

Park called on Pyongyang to immediately stop nuclear development and long-range ballistic missile development, saying that those put the Korean people's fate into danger and became a stumbling block to world peace.

Her comments came amid mounting concerns about the DPRK's potential launch of a long-range rocket that may carry what Pyongyang has said is a satellite for the Earth observation.

Park said that the DPRK's adherence to nuclear development would only deepen its isolation and block economic development, saying that if the DPRK comes to the dialogue table, South Korea and the international society will actively help Pyongyang reconstruct its economy. Endi