South Korea has said that it is capable of intercepting missiles from North Korea.
Yoon Suk-yeol has claimed that South Korea can intercept missiles from the North
The Asian nation says that is able to detect and intercept the weapons used by its secretive neighbours after the North recently launched a "simulation" of a nuclear attack on the country.
South Korea maintains that the North poses a great threat to the rest of the world with its advancing nuclear programme.
President Yoon Suk-yeol told reporters on Tuesday (11.10.22): "North Korea is consistently developing and upgrading its nuclear weapons and posing nuclear threats to not only our Republic of Korea but the world.
"I believe it has nothing to gain from nuclear weapons."
The president tried to reassure the public and asked them "not to worry too much and do your best with economic activities and livelihoods".
Yoon has promised that he will build robust capabilities to counter the threats made by the North through an alliance with the United States and trilateral security cooperation involving Japan.
A spokesperson at the South Korean defence ministry described the nuclear threats as "very grave and serious".
North Korea's state news agency KCNA has reported that the missile tests were designed as a simulation of showering the South with tactical nuclear weapons as a warning after large-scale navy drills were conducted by South Korean and US forces.
Some observers have noted that the North's newly developed weapons – including the KN-23 missile – might be capable of overcoming defence systems from the US and South Korea.
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-un, ridiculed the US and South Korean militaries earlier this year after the nations supposedly misidentified the sites of previous missile tests.
She said: "If the data and flight trajectory (of the missiles) are known, (South Korea) will be so bewildered and afraid."