SEOUL, June 5 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday dismissed the likelihood of a war breaking out on the Korean peninsula, while pledging to clamp down on any action by the North deemed threatening.
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| Lee Myung-bak |
“There is no possibility of a war. There has been occasionally and locally peace-threatening behaviour (from the North) but we will strongly suppress it,” Lee's spokesman, contacted by telephone, quoted him as saying at a meeting with businessmen in Singapore.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of a security conference in the city state.
Tensions on the divided Korean peninsula have mounted since Lee blamed North Korea for torpedoing a navy vessel of the South in March which killed 46 sailors.
The North denies responsibility and said this week war could break out at any moment. |
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