South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak speaks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Lima November 22, 2008. (Pilar Olivares/Reuters)From Yahoo News/Reuters:
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as Seoul's antagonistic approach to relations.
North Korea has responded with relentless diatribes since conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in February promising to invest heavily in the North only if Pyongyang moved to disable its nuclear weapons program, bringing an end to a decade of unconditional aid from the South.
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