N. Korea fires multiple unidentified projectiles early Wed.
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We begin with this breaking news.
North Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles earlier this Wednesday morning - just days after it fired two short-range ballistic missiles last week.
Let's go live to our Park Hee-jun at the news center.
Hee-jun, another round of projectiles within the space of a week?
You're right, Conn-young.
The South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed just about an hour ago that multple projectiles were launched from the Hodo peninsula in Hamgyeongnam-do Province - that's on North Korea's east coast.
As you said Connyoung, this comes less than a week six days actually, after the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on the 25th of this month.
Those two were also fired from the same Hamgyeongnam-do Province.
Joint analysis by South Korea and the U.S. have revealed the missiles which traveled 600 kilometers before fallling into the East Sea last Wednesday were a new type of ballistic missile KN-23.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it is maintaining a readiness posture in case of additional launches.
The White House, the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department has not given any immediate response.
This is the second missile test by North Korea since its leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the inter-Korean border last month and agreed to revive denuclearization talks.
Connyoung.
I'm sure we'll find out what kinds of projectiles were fired, how many were launched and how they will affect the denuclearization talks... in the coming hours, hopefully.
Thanks, Hee-jun.
North Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles earlier this Wednesday morning - just days after it fired two short-range ballistic missiles last week.
Let's go live to our Park Hee-jun at the news center.
Hee-jun, another round of projectiles within the space of a week?
You're right, Conn-young.
The South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed just about an hour ago that multple projectiles were launched from the Hodo peninsula in Hamgyeongnam-do Province - that's on North Korea's east coast.
As you said Connyoung, this comes less than a week six days actually, after the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on the 25th of this month.
Those two were also fired from the same Hamgyeongnam-do Province.
Joint analysis by South Korea and the U.S. have revealed the missiles which traveled 600 kilometers before fallling into the East Sea last Wednesday were a new type of ballistic missile KN-23.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it is maintaining a readiness posture in case of additional launches.
The White House, the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department has not given any immediate response.
This is the second missile test by North Korea since its leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the inter-Korean border last month and agreed to revive denuclearization talks.
Connyoung.
I'm sure we'll find out what kinds of projectiles were fired, how many were launched and how they will affect the denuclearization talks... in the coming hours, hopefully.
Thanks, Hee-jun.