South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Monday,...
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Monday, The Korea Times reported. Last week, North Korea had fired two projectiles.
In the press release, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were fired in the North East direction from areas near North Korea’s town of Sondok in South Hamgyong Province. “Our military is monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture,” the chiefs said.
The type, flight range and altitude of the projectiles is not yet clear. On March 2, Pyongyang had fired two missiles from a super-large multiple rocket launcher after a three-month hiatus. This was believed to be North Korea’s artillery strike drill for winter exercises.
Pyongyang had fired missiles 13 times last year following stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States. Seoul said Pyongyang on Monday seemed to have fired two “short range ballistic missiles” which it is banned from doing under United Nations Security Council resolutions, AFP reported.
A spokesperson at Japan’s defence ministry said North Korea launched what appeared to be “ballistic missile”, adding there was no indication of anything coming down in Tokyo’s territory or its exclusive economic zone.
Monday’s launches came days after North Korean leader...
