SEOUL– The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a short-range ballistic missile into its eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, today.
The JCS said in a statement that, it detected the launch from an area in or around Taechon, North Pyongan province, at 6:53 a.m. local time. It provided no further details immediately.
South Korea was maintaining a full readiness posture, in close cooperation with the United States, while strengthening surveillance and vigilance, according to the JCS.
The DPRK missile launch came, two days after a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in Busan, about 390 km south-east of the capital, Seoul, for combined drills with the South Korean navy, being planned to take place later this month.
Source: Nam News Network