South Korean Forces Create A North Korea Nuclear Monitoring Team

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CNN: South Korean forces to create North Korea nuclear monitoring team

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)The South Korean Defense Ministry is creating a new bureau dedicated to monitoring and countering the threat from North Korea, according to a government news release.

The announcement comes on the heels of growing calls for South Korea's armed forces to establish a so-called "control tower" dedicated to exclusively handling North Korea affairs. The threat from Pyongyang has come under increased focus in 2017, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over significant advancements in the country's long-range missile and nuclear weapons program.

The new plan is part of a wider organizational restructuring aimed at better responding to cross-border provocations and was approved at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said.

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WNU Editor: I am surprised reading this report that South Korea has established a nuclear monitoring team. You would have thought that such a team was set up years ago when North Korea first started testing nuclear devices.

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