President Park Geun-hye reiterated her calls Tuesday for parliamentary approval of a bill meant to protect South Korea from possible terrorist attacks.
  

She warned that South Korea could neither properly cooperate with the international community nor exchange intelligence on terrorism unless parliament endorses the bill.
  

"Even IS came to know that no basic law is in place in South Korea to prevent terrorism," Park said in a regular Cabinet meeting, referring to the Islamic State militant group.
  

"I made it clear that the parliament will be held accountable in case our people suffer damage from an unimaginable terror attack in the future," she said.
 
 
The anti-terrorism bill has gained fresh momentum in South Korea following the deadly attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
  

Last week, Park visited the Bataclan Theater, one of several locations in Paris attacked by the Islamic State, during her trip to Paris for the U.N. climate summit.
  

In November, the ruling and opposition parties agreed to begin discussions for the swift passage of the anti-terrorism bill, though the main opposition party is concerned about giving more authority to the National Intelligence Service, South Korea's top spy agency.
  

South Korea recently arrested an Indonesian citizen on a forged passport who is suspected of associating with a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaida. (Yonhap)