North Korea’s newest missile capabilities do not appear to pose “very grave threats” to the South’s national security, director of the presidential National Security Office (NSO) Chung Eui-yong said Friday.

Speaking at the National Assembly a day after the DPRK test-fired a new multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), Chung said South Korea was well-equipped to respond to provocations from the North.

“The capabilities North Korea is currently developing do not pose very grave threats to our security,” he told lawmakers.

North Korean state media on Friday reported that the new MLRS can “totally destroy with super-power the group target of the