MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo held a meeting with top army commanders devoted to the results of 2015. During the meeting the participants of the meeting also discussed the military policy plan for 2016.
"Our defense forces will be maintaining a strong military capacity to respond decisively to any North Korean provocations, including threats, connected with nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction," the plan, published on the ministry's website, reads.
South Korea also plans to establish a military cybertechnology research center in order to prevent the country from growing cyberattacks. According to the ministry, Seoul intends to deepen its military and space cooperation with Washington, including through the holding of joint military exercises in 2016.
South and North Korea officially remain at war, as no peace treaty was signed after the Korean War of 1950-1953.
