South Korea has called on the UN Security Council to pay attention to North Korea's recent attempts to jam GPS signals in the South, a diplomatic source said Tuesday.

    In a letter addressed to China, the council's rotating president, Seoul said North Korea has been "generating electronic jamming signals that dangerously affect" the GPS in South Korea, according to (Yonhap) news agency. "The GPS jamming by the DPRK is an act of provocation that poses a threat to the security of the Republic of Korea and undermines the safety of civil transportation, including aircraft and vessels," Seoul's chief envoy to the UN Oh Joon wrote in the letter dated April 5, asking for the document to be circulated within the council. 

    "The government of the Republic of Korea strongly urges the DPRK to stop its GPS jamming without further delay and to refrain from any other acts of provocation which undermine peace and security on the Korean Peninsula," it added.

    GPS disruptions could cause mobile phones to malfunction and affect planes and ships that rely on the satellite signal for navigation. No damage has been reported so far.

Source: QNA