SEOUL, South Korea — A senior South Korean policy maker on North Korea
said on Friday that it must be assumed that the North has the capacity
to mount a nuclear device on a ballistic missile, adding that such a
capability would pose “an existential threat” to South Korea.
The official, who spoke to a group of journalists on condition of
anonymity, stressed that reliable information about the North’s
capabilities is scarce, and he cautioned that he was not confirming that
the North had built an operational nuclear weapon. But his comment,
which was one of the most explicitly worded assessments of the North’s
nuclear and missile capabilities by a senior official, reflected growing
concern in the South Korean government that the North may have more
advanced technology than previously believed.
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