SeoulcTypeface:> North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles, the South Korean military said on Tuesday.
North Korea launched the missiles towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the general staff in Seoul (JCS) as saying.
"In preparation against additional launches, our military has strengthened our monitoring and vigilance, while closely sharing information on the North Korean missile with the US and Japanese sides and maintaining a full readiness posture,” the JCS said. The missiles flew some 250 kilometres before landing in sea, it added. The JCS did not initially specify the number of missiles launched. The launches come a week after North Korea launched what it said was a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.” (DPA)