South Korean President Park Geun-hye said the boycott by North Korea would harm the country's credibility.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called for North Korea to take a different approach.
By talking tough, he believes Park Geun-hye wants to avoid any initial attack by the North.
On Monday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said that she took the threats from Pyongyang "very seriously".
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korean President Park Geun-hye's honeymoon was over before it even began.
They are now waiting to see what President-elect Park Geun-Hye does when she takes office next month.
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Park Geun-hye, the daughter of Park Chung-hee, an assassinated military dictator, is the president's biggest party rival.
For the moment, even though the GNP is divided, Park Geun-hye is the favourite to fill her father's shoes.
South Korea will have a new president as of Feb. 25, Park Geun-hye, said to be a moderate conservative.
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South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has warned that the country is facing "unprecedented" political deadlock which is hampering economic progress.
But if Park Geun-hye, months down the road, wants to engage, then the U.S. will go along with that too.
Late last week, South Korea's new President, Park Geun-hye, warned that the security situation on the Korean Peninsula was "very grave".
President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye emphasized a united front when they met in Washington this month.
South Korean officials said the aid shipments could form a pillar of recently elected President Park Geun-hye's "trust" policy toward Pyongyang.
Spending on science and technology is expected to increase under South Korea's incoming President Park Geun-hye, who takes office next month.
President-elect Park Geun-hye has said she wants to rebuild trust, and - eventually - economic and diplomatic contacts with the North.
Some analysts predicted the test would come around the time of inauguration of South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, on Feb. 25.
Park Geun-hye of the ruling conservative Saenuri party faces Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic United Party in the 19 December polls.
The stoppage has also taken a heavy toll on South Korean firms, Yonhap news agency quoted South Korean President Park Geun-hye as saying.
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Speaking to defence officials on Monday, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said that she took the series of threats from Pyongyang "very seriously".
The country's new president, Park Geun-hye, who was sworn into office just two weeks ago, has vowed to respond strongly to any provocation.
President Park Geun-hye was briefed about the incident shortly after it began and instructed her staff to seek the cause of the outages.
To further coordinate their response, South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, will meet with President Barack Obama on May 7 at the White House.
Newly inaugurated President Park Geun-hye has not closed the door to dialogue with the North, but she is only willing to discuss incremental confidence-building.
Unable to shed the powerful baggage of her past, Park Geun-hye has had to try and manage it in the face of a divided electorate.
"We're looking into the cause of the shutdown, but we can't say North Korea is behind it, " said a representative for South Korea's president, Park Geun-hye.
The visit to Japan would have been the first by the South Korean foreign minister since the new administration of Park Geun-hye took power earlier this year.
At a meeting of security-related and foreign-affairs ministers following North Korea's response, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said it would be preferable to normalize the Kaesong complex.
President-elect Park Geun-hye takes office in late February, and her campaign pledge to provide greater social welfare programs costing billions of dollars could jump-start those stake sales, bankers say.
The incident is becoming an embarrassment for President Park Geun-hye.
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