South Korea leader calls for Chinese help to punish North Korea

In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 file photo, South Korean President Park Geun-hye presides over the National Security Council at the presidential house in Seoul after North Korea said it conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test. The North’s nuclear test has provoked global outrage, a push for sanctions, even fear. But Kim Jong Un’s decision has also handed a gift of sorts to his rival in the South. In an instant, the explosion shifted the focus on the presidency of Park, who has faced several mass protests condemning her leadership in recent weeks. AP FILE PHOTO

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president is calling for Chinese help to launch what she calls the “strongest” international sanctions on North Korea over its recent nuclear test.

President Park Geun-hye also told a news conference that South Korea will continue the propaganda broadcasts into North Korea that her government resumed in retaliation for the North’s bomb test.

Park’s comments Wednesday come amid a continuing standoff on the Korean Peninsula.

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Both Koreas are piping propaganda meant to undermine the other across their shared border, the world’s most heavily armed.

A nuclear capable US B-52 flew close to North Korea over the weekend in a show of force meant to underline America’s alliance with the South.

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