Seoul, March 11 -- South Korea on Wednesday said its deterrence posture against North Korea would remain unaffected even if some military assets of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) are relocated from the Korean Peninsula amid the conflict in West Asia, Yonhap News Agency reported.

According to Yonhap News Agency, citing a senior official at Cheong Wa Dae, the executive office of the president of South Korea said that the country possesses sufficient military capability to maintain a strong deterrence posture regardless of any potential redeployment of USFK assets.

"Given our level of military capability, defence spending, defence industry capacity and the high morale of our troops, there is no problem with deterrence against North ...