SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's defense ministry will launch a control tower dedicated to taking charge of the ministry's policy on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The partial reorganization plan was approved Tuesday during the cabinet meeting to create a director-general post who is in charge of the DPRK policy under the deputy defense minister for the national defense policy.

The new post will take charge of responding to the DPRK's nuclear and missile threats, the inter-Korean talks of the military authorities and building trust in the military area.

The director general will control four departments, including the DPRK's nuclear program response department, the DPRK policy department, the arms control department and the missile and space policy department.

The DPRK's nuclear program response department will be newly launched under the reorganization plan to respond to the DPRK's nuclear and missile threats more effectively.

The missile and space policy department will replace the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) response department.