South Korea President Speaks Against Seoul Making Nuclear Weapons

South Korea will not produce its own nuclear weapons and intends to fulfil its international obligations, President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) — On January 6, Pyongyang claimed it had carried out a hydrogen bomb test. Seoul started anti-North propaganda broadcasting through loudspeakers over the border in response.

"Nuclear-free world must begin with the Korean Peninsula. The peninsula should not have nuclear weapons," the South Korean leader said during a press-conference, adding that South Korea "has obligations to the international community and it will carry them out.”

Park Geun-hye added that Washington was providing South Korea with security by deploying its strategic B-52 bomber in the country.

President Park Geun-hye also said that the question of deploying US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile batteries in South Korea in response to Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test will be reviewed considering nuclear and missile threats.

"The issue of deploying in South Korea US THAAD systems will be discussed with regard to nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, in accordance with our country’s interests and security," the South Korean leader said.