SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Saturday ordered the military to boost border security to protect the country against potential provocations by North Korea, unswayed by Pyongyang's latest peace overture.
Park's orders followed the North's surprise offer Thursday for an end to "all acts of provoking and slandering" from January 30 and its call for steps to ease tensions around the disputed Yellow Sea border, the scene of naval clashes in the past.
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