President Lee Myung-bak Monday called on North Korea to apologize for the sinking of
the Korean navy warship and to punish those involved in the attack.
Lee also said that his government will halt inter-Korean trade and other exchanges in
retaliation for the torpedo attack to the patrol ship Cheonan on the waters near the border in the West Sea last March.
“North Korean merchant ships will also be banned from passing the South waters,
including the South Sea,” President Lee said in a statement aired nationwide live in the
morning.
“The South will invoke self-defense measures immediately in case of further provocation of the communist North,” he said in a resolute tone.
President Lee also made it clear that his government will bring the case to the United Nations Security Council for stern punishment.
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