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SKorea defense chief says NKorea 'unstable'
By HYUNGJIN KIM,Associated Press Writer AP - 1 hour 25 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's defense chief said Monday the country should bolster its security in case of an attack from North Korea as ties between the two countries deteriorate.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been high since a new pro-U.S., conservative government took office in Seoul in February. Earlier this month, the North Korea restricted traffic across their shared border in protest against Seoul's hard-line policy toward Pyongyang.
The restriction forced the suspension of two remaining rapprochement projects between the Koreas _ a cross-border train service and a tour to a North Koran border town.
On Monday, South Korean Defense Minster Lee Sang-hee told top military generals that South Korean troops must be prepared to take up arms at any time to cope with possible armed provocation from the North.
Lee cited deteriorating inter-Korean tension and "diverse unstable factors" in North Korea, according to the text of a speech provided by his ministry. He did not elaborate.
Last week, Lee's ministry said it was preparing for the possibility of North Korea instigating a naval skirmish along the two countries' disputed western sea border _ the scene of two bloody armed conflicts in 1999 and 2002.
The ministry said in a report to parliament that it was barring navy vessels and fishing boats from engaging in any activity that could give the communist neighbor a "pretext for provocation."
North Korea does not recognize the boundary, drawn by the United Nations at the end of the conflict, and claims the line should be redrawn further south. The two Koreas remain at war because their conflict in the 1950s ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
On Monday, envoys from the two Koreas, the U.S. and three other regional powers were to resume stalled international talks on the North's nuclear programs. Experts have expressed pessimism over the prospect for the talks, with the North refusing to allow international inspectors to take samples from its main nuclear facility.
North Korea _ which tested a nuclear bomb in 2006 _ agreed last year to disable its main reactor in exchange for aid.
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