in order to boost Pyongyangs military and nuclear program.

Lee said the peace built up on the Korean Peninsula is at risk as the two Koreas have been engaged in tit-for-tat measures.Lee said North Korea should stop provocative actions and seek to establish an eternal peace regime.

Tensions have recently heightened on the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang sent over 1.presides over an emergency task force meeting on crisis management of the Korean Peninsula at the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday.although such acts are banned in the country under a law that was legislated during the previous administration to help reduce tensions in the border regions.

South Korean civic group's sending of anti-Pyongyang leaflets and the suspension of the inter-Korean military pact.Referring to the North's sending of balloons carrying trash across the border.

(The South Korean government) should realize that ordinary citizens and residents near the border will bear any damage should it stick to a hard-line.

head of the main opposition Democratic Party.The report also highlights the possibility of a nuclear test.

Pyongyang probably wants the alliance to decrease the pace and scale of the exercises with the ultimate goal of undermining the strength of the alliance.The annual intelligence report also warned that the North will continue to engage in illicit cyber activities to fund its illegal nuclear and missile development programs.

to validate technical objectives.Kim probably will continue to order missile tests.