Gov't should make more conciliatory gestures toward Pyongyang: Justice Party

South Korea's minor Justice Party said Tuesday that the government must consider providing incentives to North Korea to bring them back to the negotiating table on the nuclear issue.

"We need to come up with incentives responsibly to bring North Korea to the negotiating table, and induce them to halt the nuclear development program," Rep. Sim Sang-jung, the head of the party said during a parliamentary speech.

The Justice Party holds six seats in the 300-seat National Assembly.

Sim said the government should focus on easing the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula, adding the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country is not the solution.

The party head also said President Park Geun-hye failed to make proper diplomatic efforts on the North Korean nuke issue. (Yonhap)