APR 07 - SEOUL.
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called Monday for tighter vigilance against North Korea, days after its leader Kim Jong-Un warned of a "very grave situation" on the peninsula.
At a meeting with top aides, Park noted North Korea had recently threatened a fresh nuclear test, test-fired missiles and lobbed artillery shells across the sea border.
Three drones suspected to have flown from the North to scout South Korea's military facilities were also found in the South over the past month.
"We have to take it seriously that North Korea has been continuously firing missiles and intensifying reconnoitring," Park was quoted as saying by a media pool report.
"We must prepare ourselves for possible further provocative acts by North Korea and take measures to stop and repel such provocative acts."
Park said the infiltration by drones had exposed "loopholes in our anti-air defence and on-ground surveillance system".
"Countermeasures must be swiftly taken and the defence of key facilities must also be bolstered."
Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin said the North would be able to develop drones for terrorism.
"If (North Korea) developed the small unmanned aerial aircraft for reconnaissance purposes to enhance its relatively weak surveillance capability, it is expected to develop drones for infiltration and terrorism purposes in the future," Kim said during a video conference at the Joint Chiefs of Staff headquarters in Seoul.
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