South Korean military officials declared today that North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Friday.
A statement by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staf explained that the missiles were fired from Tongchon county in North Korea’s eastern Kangwon province between 11:59 a.m. and 12:18 p.m. local time.
The statement further detailed that the missiles flew about 230 kilometers (143 miles) with an altitude of about 24 kilometers (15 miles), reported CNN news.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff called this a ‘serious act of provocation’, saying that it threatens peace and stability in the Kangwon province.
The officials consider this a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions to ban ballistic missile launches by North Korea.
The US Indo-Pacific Command declared being aware of the North Korean launch, which “does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies,” as read on CNN.
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