South Korean President: War ‘Highly Likely’ With North Korea
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
YourNewsWire.com
May 17, 2017
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has warned that a war with North Korea is “highly probable” in the next few weeks.
The recently-elected President’s warning comes after Pyongyang performed a new missile test on Sunday, which was strongly condemned by the United Nations.
“The reality is that there is a high possibility of a military conflict at the NLL [Northern Limit Line] and military demarcation line,” Moon said, adding that Seoul is capable of striking back in retaliation.
Rt.com reports: The disputed NLL lies in the Yellow Sea the between South and North Korea and is considered the de facto maritime boundary between them. The 1953 military demarcation line serves as the land border.
While North Korea claims the latest test launch of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads was conducted “in consideration of the safety of neighboring countries,” Moon criticized Pyongyang’s actions as a “serious challenge to global peace and stability.”
“We will never tolerate such North Korean provocations and nuclear threats,” he stated during a visit to the Defense Ministry in Seoul Wednesday, as cited by Yonhap news agency.
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