N. Korea fires two unidentified projectiles toward East Sea: JCS

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, Yonhap reports.

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«The projectiles were fired from areas in South Pyongan Province in the afternoon,» the JCS said in a brief release. «Our military is monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture.»

No other details were immediately available, including the projectiles' type and flight range.

It is the 12th time that North Korea has carried out such a weapons test, with the last test-firing taking place on Oct. 2, when it tested a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Pukguksong-3, from waters off its east coast.