South Korea: DPRK 'unpardonable' for threatening its citizens

South Korea's intelligence agency said on Wednesday it was "unpardonable" that the Democratic People's Republic of Korean (DPRK) should threaten its citizens.

The response came after Pyongyang issued a standing order to execute the former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her spy chief for an alleged plot to assassinate the country's leader, Kim Jong Un.

It said the plan was conceived in 2005, but was scrapped after Park's impeachment last December.

The DPRK demanded that the pair be handed over, adding that it would execute anyone involved in any assassination plot against Kim.

(CGTN)