Seoul, South Korea (bbm)South Korea sent a message to the North with a series of live-fire drills Monday that it said were a "show of its willingness" to wipe out Kim Jong Un's regime.
The drills came one day after North Korea set off tremors on the Korean Peninsula by testing a massive hydrogen bomb, prompting international condemnation and calls for tougher sanctions.
Seoul and Washington will look to deploy more US strategic military assets, such as aircraft carriers and bombers, to the region, Maj. Gen. Jang Kyung-soo said at a news conference Monday.
Jang also said South Korea plans to carry out another strike drill to show its "strong will and ability to respond."
Here are the latest developments:
-- South Korea plans to temporarily deploy four Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launch pads in response to accelerating threats from North Korea. The decision comes after the country's Defense and Environment Ministries say they completed an environmental impact assessment regarding a controversial, US-built missile defense system.
-- South Korea's Defense Ministry said it has spotted "continuous signs" that Pyongyang is preparing to test another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Maj. Gen. Jang said.
-- Leaders of Japan, South Korea held a 20-minute phone call Monday to discuss tougher sanctions, with the United Nations Security Council to meet in New York Monday at 10 a.m. ET.
-- In a commentary published Monday, North Korean state media said "South Korean puppet forces are resorting to an anti-DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) campaign" and "hell-bent on escalating confrontation."
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