Seoul urges Pyongyang to stop peace-threatening activity

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The government urged North Korea on Wednesday to immediately stop "activities threatening international peace" and fulfill a U.N. Security Council resolution, commenting on North Korea's threats to conduct nuclear tests.

North Korea threatened earlier Wednesday it will conduct nuclear and missile
tests unless the U.N. Security Council "immediately" apologizes for its punitive
actions against Pyongyang's April 5 rocket launch.
In a comment issued by Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young, the government described North Korea's statement as a challenge against the united and concerted decision of the international community based on the UNSC resolution and
presidential statement.
The comment pointed out that North Korea's declaration to act in the future is
contrary to the international community's efforts to solve the North Korean
nuclear problem and warned that North Korea should be entirely responsible for
any worsening situation in the future.
It also urged Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks at an early date. In
protest against the UNSC presidential statement, North Korea declared its
withdrawal from the six-party talks involving the two Korea, U.S. China, Russia
and Japan. The talks have been stalled since late last year over how to verify
North Korea's past nuclear activities.
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