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Seoul Vows Stern Measures Against Pyongyang's Provocations

© REUTERS / Kim Hong-JiThis file photo shows a sales assistant watches TV sets broadcasting a news report on North Korea's nuclear test, in Seoul, January 6, 2016
This file photo shows a sales assistant watches TV sets broadcasting a news report on North Korea's nuclear test, in Seoul, January 6, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated after North Korea successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un uses a pair of binoculars to watch live ammunition firing drills. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Seoul will take any measure necessary to respond to Pyongyang’s provocations as South Korean citizens are becoming increasingly concerned over North Korea’s missile and nuclear activities, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Saturday.

"We should make efforts to beef up security for citizens as well as key infrastructure. What's important is that concerted efforts should be made to deter any provocations [from the North]," the minister said at a meeting with officials, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency, stressing that concerns over Pyongyang’s missile launches and nuclear tests were growing among the citizens.

Earlier this month, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to attack Seoul government buildings if South Korea were to challenge Pyongyang.

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