North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Friday. The missiles were fired from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 4:32 pm.
"While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance activities, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States," the JCS told reporters.
The launch comes less than a week after the firing of two other medium-range missiles and following the announcement by South Korea and the United States that they would develop "realistic training scenarios" in the face of Pyongyang's escalating nuclear threats.
