North Korea fires short-range projectiles: Seoul

TIL Desk/World/Seoul/ North Korea on Tuesday fired two short-range projectiles towards the East Sea, South Korea”s military said, just hours after Pyongyang offered to resume nuclear talks with the US.

The projectiles were fired at 6.53 a.m. and 7.12 a.m. from areas in the city of Kaechon, South Pyongan province, about 80 km north of the capital, Pyongyang, in an easterly direction.

Both flew around 330 km, the JCS said, adding that South Korean and the US intelligence authorities are analyzing their exact type. It did not provide information on their top speed.

“Our military is monitoring the situation in the case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture,” the JCS said, calling on the North “to instantly stop such acts that heighten tensions”.

In response to the latest launches, South Korea held an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting, presided over by Chung Eui-yong, chief of the presidential national security office, and discussed the issue.