 South Korea has described its northern neighbour as a "serious threat", in the wake of its nuclear test in October. A defence white paper said North Korea's nuclear capability along with its land army and conventional weapons had raised the threat to the South. The assessment uses the strongest wording since Seoul began a policy of engaging with Pyongyang in 2000. Talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear programme ended in deadlock in Beijing earlier this month. In its biennial white paper, South Korea's ministry of defence said the threat from the North had risen, although the country was not yet a full-fledged nuclear power. "North Korea's conventional forces, its nuclear test, weapons of mass destruction and the forward deployment of troops are a serious threat to our security," the report said. ...
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