South Korea's President-elect, Park Geun-hye, has used her first major speech to warn of the risks posed by a hostile North Korea and also fired a political shot across the bows of Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Speaking after a visit to the country's national cemetery, South Korea's first female leader pledged to spread wealth more evenly.
Ms Park, 60, said she will hold talks with North Korea on resuming aid, but only if it abandons its nuclear weapons programme.
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