SEOUL, Sept 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, yesterday.
The JCS said in a statement that, it detected two short-range ballistic missiles, launched by the DPRK from the Sunan area in Pyongyang, between 6:10 p.m. (0910 GMT) and 6:20 p.m. (0920 GMT) local time, towards the eastern waters.
It noted that, the South Korean military strengthened its monitoring and vigilance, while maintaining its full readiness posture, in close cooperation with the United States.
It came just three days after the DPRK launched a short-range ballistic missile into the eastern waters last Sunday.
In 2022 alone, the DPRK test-fired ballistic missiles 18 times and cruise missiles two times, respectively.– NNN-YONHAP
