The South Korean government has created a new position in its foreign ministry whose sole role is to monitor US President-elect Donald Trump's tweets in an effort keep track of the his policies on north-east Asia.

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According to the country's media, the South Korean government created the new office because it "is still in the process of building ties with Trump and does not have a lot of insight into his foreign policies - like most of the world."

South Korea believes that Trump's 140-character posts are currently the most effective insight into policies of his incoming administration.

One of Trump's most recent tweets that involved Korea was in response to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's claim that his country was close to being able to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to targets in the United States.

In his tweet, Trump retorted that "it (North Korean nuclear attack) won't happen!"

Trump's tweet was South Korea's first glimpse of the incoming president's attitude towards the North Korean regime and its weapons of mass destruction programs.

South Korea's new tweet analyst passed the message to the country's foreign minister, Yu Byung-se. A ministry spokesperson later declared the tweet to be "a clear warning" from the incoming US president to North Korea.

Since winning the election, Trump has broken precedent by constantly using Twitter to respond to his critics and share his views on foreign affairs.

China is, however, not amused by Trump's unorthodox methods, with the country's state-run news agency, Xinhua, criticizing the billionaire for his views on the social media platform, which have covered a range of issues such as Taiwan and the South China Sea dispute.

"Twitter shouldn't become an instrument of foreign policy," the newspaper said in an editorial.

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