S. Korea's ruling party raises need for atomic armament after DPRK's nuke test

South Korea's ruling political party on Thursday raised the need for the country's atomic armament after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear test.

Won Yoo-Cheol, floor leader of the Saenuri Party who is known to be close to President Park Geun-hye, said at a meeting of senior party members that "it is time for us to have nuclear power of peace" from the perspective of self-defense to fight against the DPRK's nuclear power of terror and destruction.

Won reportedly said that the time has come to make an overall re-examination of the country's strategy to solve the DPRK's nuclear issue given the fact that the DPRK already finished its fourth nuclear test.

The floor leader, however, noted that it would be the most desirable to peacefully solve the nuclear issue through dialogue.

Kim Jung-Hoon, the governing party's chief policymaker, said that South Korea is isolated from nuclear devices in the region as China, Russia and the DPRK were all armed with nuclear devices.

Kim noted that Japan is capable of being armed with nuclear weapons at any time because the country has been enriching uranium, saying that South Korea's isolation is a serious threat to its security.

Kim Eul-Dong, the party's senior member, called for the country's own nuclear development to defend itself from the DPRK's nuclear threats.

Such calls in South Korea for atomic armament came a day after the DPRK announced its first successful test of a hydrogen bomb, the fourth in total. Enditem