President Moon Jae-in on Monday called for the South Korean military to enhance its defense readiness to “immediately switch to offensive operations” in case North Korea makes a “provocation that crosses the line.”

Moon made the comments during a briefing from the South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) and the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs in Seoul.

“[The military should] strongly push ahead with a reform of the military structure to meet [the requirements] of modern warfare so that it can immediately switch to offensive operations in case North Korea makes a provocation that crosses the line or