Lee: No compromises with N. Korean threat

SEOUL, June 6 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Saturday he has no intentions of compromising in the face of a nuclear threat from North Korea.

The Yonhap News Agency said Lee was insistent his government would remain steadfast in the face of increased missile and nuclear tests by South Korea's neighboring country.

"I would like to make it clear that there will be no compromise against things that threaten our people and security," Lee said. "North Korea is threatening the peace and safety of our people as well as the world by conducting a nuclear test and launching missiles."

Speaking in honor of Memorial Day, Lee also urged North Korean officials to consider denuclearization efforts as well as improving international relations.

"North Korea must keep its promise of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and come back to the six-party and inter-Korean talks," the South Korean leader said.

Yonhap said after North Korea's May 25 nuclear tests, officials in Japan and South Korea, as well as the U.N. Security Council, began discussing sanctions against the country as an international response.