Korean military seeks to bolster cyber defense

Seoul is seeking to bolster its cyber defenses in a bid to combat possible attacks by North Korea, the defense ministry said Wednesday.

The military also aims to boost its deployment of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles targeting the North's nuclear weapons facilities and missile bases, the ministry said in a reform plan presented to President Lee Myung-bak earlier.

Previously this year, Seoul said Pyongyang had jammed GPS signals of civilian aircraft traveling to and from Incheon and Gimpo international airports, in its latest wave of cyber attacks.

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