South Korea\u2019s main opposition party has sent a strong message to Pyongyang, warning it against conducting further provocations.<\/p>\n
Park Jie Won, former house leader of the Democratic United Party, issued the cautionary words on the 29th, telling a South Korean radio program, \u201cKim Jong Eun should not continue playing with fire in this rash way.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Park added that an excessive response from the South Korean government would be \u201cinappropriate.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cNorth Korea always seeks to attract the world\u2019s attention every time there is a \u2018big event\u2019,\u201d he explained, looking to the timing of any possible nuclear test before noting not only the impending inauguration of President-elect Park Geun Hye but also the February 16th anniversary of Kim Jong Il\u2019s birth, one of North Korea\u2019s major national holidays.<\/p>\n
However, he added that jaw-jaw and cooperation are the best response to North Korean provocations, asserting, \u201cA strong reaction from our President-elect Park would not be appropriate. Rather than strong measures, we need diplomatic effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Korea\u2019s main opposition party has sent a strong message to Pyongyang, warning it against conducting further provocations. Park Jie Won, former house leader of the Democratic United Party, issued the cautionary words on the 29th, telling a South Korean radio program, \u201cKim Jong Eun should not continue playing with fire in this rash way.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":22575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n