South Korea on Monday halted trade with the DPRK, banned merchant ships of the DPRK from entering South Korean waters, and halted its humanitarian aid for the children in the DPRK.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed that his country would resort to measures of self-defense in case of "further military provocation" by the DPRK and called for sanctions against Pyongyang.
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