June 24 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday that the country will place consistent sanctions and pressures on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear program to make it give up its nuclear ambitions.

The foreign ministry submitted a report to the parliamentary committee for foreign affairs and unification, saying Seoul will consistently carry out anti-DPRK sanctions for a sufficient period of time until the sanctions show effectiveness.

The ministry said the country will encourage the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions and the strengthening of independent sanctions against the DPRK of each country, while urging the international community to put pressures on Pyongyang.

The DPRK conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6, followed by a launch on Feb. 7 of a long-range rocket launch, which was condemned as a disguised test of ballistic missile technology.

Since then, Pyongyang has test-fired Rodong ballistic missiles twice during the first half of this year, test-launching Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles six times. The ministry said the DPRK conducted 19 provocations in the first half alone.

The DPRK's KCNA news agency reported Thursday that its sixth test-launch of a surface-to-surface strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-10 has succeeded as it flew about 400 km after flying to the maximum altitude of 1,413.6 km along the planned flight orbit.

The Seoul ministry said that if Pyongyang conducts another provocation, including the fifth nuclear test, the country will push for swift, stern actions against it, including new UN Security Council sanctions and each country's additional sanctions.