Threats from North Korea - A Week in Review (June 29, 2013)

And now, the week in review of what's what at the Korean peninsula...

June 24, 2013

- According to a transcript released today, the late South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun called for changing the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea into a "peace-economy zone" during a 2007 summit then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

June 25, 2013

- South Korea's National Intelligence Service released the transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit talks, amid controversy over remarks made by the late President Roh Moo-hyun regarding the Northern Limit Line, a disputed maritime boundary in the West Sea.

- President Park Geun-hye has vowed to further strengthen South Korea-China ties during her state visit to Beijing this week.

- Websites of South Korea's presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae and the Office for Government Policy Coordination were hacked and set its cyber crisis alert level to "caution". Some experts believed that North Korea's behind this and they believed that they have launched a cyber attack in response to Anonymous' plans to infiltrate North Korean websites.

- North Korean analysts say that the released transcript might further worsen the inter-Korean relations. Some say, the North Koreans might take actions about the released transcript or for worse, Pyongyang might reject holding future talks with Seoul.

June 26, 2013

- In preparation for her first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye scheduled no public events for the day.

- On her first trip to China, president Park Geun-hye will meet with China's top three political leaders: President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Chariman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang.

June 27, 2013

- President Park's first scheduled event upon her arrival in China will be summit talks with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

June 28, 2013

- U.S. House of Representatives has proposed a bill to extend the South Korea-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Energy Agreement for two more years.

- Presidents Park and Xi spent 7 hours and 30 minutes together over the past two days, giving them ample time to talk about almost all of the pending issues between Seoul and Beijing.