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"We will retaliate thoroughly and resolutely to provocations staged for any reasons, " the ministry's spokesman, Kim Min-seok, said.
BBC: Obama to meet South Korea's Park Geun-hye in May
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"In our judgment, the missiles are short-range guided missiles, not midrange missiles such as the Musudan, " South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.
WSJ: North Korea Fires Another Missile Sunday
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"We do not rule out the possibility of North Korea being involved, but it's premature to say so, " Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.
BBC: South Korea network attack 'a computer virus'
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South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters Tuesday there were no signs that North Korea could conduct additional nuclear and missile tests anytime soon, or launch some other provocation.
NPR: US Institute: All Quiet At NKorea Test Sites
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"This allows both nations to jointly respond to the North's local provocations, with the South taking the lead and the US in support, " South Korean defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said on Monday.
BBC: News - South Korea, US sign military plan against North 'provocations'
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"Intelligence personnel are closely monitoring North Korea's readiness with its short, middle and long range missiles such as Scud missile, Nodong missile and Musudan missile, " South Korean defence ministry official Kim Min-seok said.
BBC: North Korea tensions: Russia's Lavrov fears 'spiral'
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The threat drew an angry response from the South's defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok, who said that the North would become "extinct from the Earth by the will of mankind" if it took such an action.
BBC: China warns against Korea escalation
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On Thursday, a spokesman for the South Korean Defence Ministry, Kim Min-seok, said Pyongyang had been observed carrying out "various drills involving the army, navy and air force, " and that further exercises were being prepared, the Yonhap news agency reports.
BBC: North Korea ramps up nuclear rhetoric as UN vote looms
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"We are expecting to discuss how South Korea and the US can co-operate to cope with North Korea's threats, to analyse North Korea's threats and to discuss how to further improve the South Korea-US military relationship, " ministry spokesman, Kim Min-seok, said.
BBC: North Korea lists terms for talks with US and S Korea