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    Park urges more aggressive role from China on North Korea’s nuclear problem
    South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday urged China to play a more aggressive role in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear problem.Park also said that the deployment of U.S. THAAD missile defense system to South Korea will be reviewed based on the security and national interest by taking into consideration the nuclear and missile threat from the North. Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)Speaking in her New Year address fol...
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Park urges more aggressive role from China on North Korea’s nuclear problem

Jan. 13, 2016 - 11:52 By Yoon Min-sik
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday urged China to play a more aggressive role in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear problem.

Park also said that the deployment of U.S. THAAD missile defense system to South Korea will be reviewed based on the security and national interest by taking into consideration the nuclear and missile threat from the North.

Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)


Speaking in her New Year address followed by a question and answer session, Park also addressed some calls for South Korea to bring U.S. nuclear weapons as a deterrent to the threat of Pyongyang. “But I have always emphasized in the international community that the nuclear-free world must begin from the Korean Peninsula, adding that it would otherwise be breaking its international pledge.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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