A woman walks past a screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on June 5, 2022. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Wednesday.
The JCS said in a statement that it detected two short-range ballistic missiles, launched by the DPRK from the Sunan area in Pyongyang between 6:10 pm (0910 GMT) and 6:20 pm (0920 GMT) local time toward the eastern waters.
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The ROK military strengthened its monitoring and vigilance while maintaining its full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States, it said.
The incident took place three days after the DPRK launched a short-range ballistic missile into the eastern waters.
In 2022 alone, the DPRK test-fired ballistic missiles 18 times and cruise missiles twice respectively.