South Korea working on cruise-missile technology

South Korea is researching and developing cruise-missile technology, the defence minister said in a statement today.

The statement by Defence Minister Yoon Kwang-ung follows North Korea’s test of seven missiles on Wednesday.

Yoon did not elaborate on the reasons behind the effort, but it comes amid a general strengthening of the South’s missile capabilities.

Yonhap news agency also reported that Yoon told reporters that Seoul has tested missiles about a dozen times in Past three years.

The report did not specify what kind of missiles he was referring to.