South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for national commonality against military aggression by the North on Monday, saying Pyongyang looks for partition in the South as an opportunity to strike.
Lee, under domestic pressure after his superficial weak response to Pyongyang, has sharpened his language against the North after two attacks this year that raised tension on the Korean isthmus to the highest since the 1950-53 Korean War.The clashes have led some analysts to say the chance of a wider conflict is now greater than ever.In the latest rhetorical sparring, the North last week endangered a nuclear "sacred war" and Lee vowed "a merciless counterattack" against any fresh North Korean attacks as rare large-scale military drills in the South kept tensions high.
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