South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed that North Korea fired another round of projectiles earlier this morning - the tenth of its kind this year.
Our correspondent Lee Ji-won is on the line for us.
Jiwon, what are we learning?
Jiyoon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced early this morning that North Korea fired two short-range projectiles earlier today... toward the East Sea... from an inland site in Pyeongannam-do Province.
The first one was fired at around 6-53 AM, followed by another one about 20 minutes later.
The type of projectile is still unidentified, but they flew roughly 330 kilometers,... and the South Korean military says it's analyzing the missiles together with the U.S..
The JCS said the South Korean military is monitoring the situation in case there are more launches... while maintaining a readiness posture.
It also criticized the North for raising tensions on the peninsula, while again urging the North to cease such acts.
Now, it was 17 days ago, in late August, that the North fired two projectiles from what it claimed was a newly developed multiple rocket launcher.
This is the regime's 10th streak of tests this year, and it comes just hours after North Korea's vice foreign minister Choe Son-hui said the North is willing to talk with the U.S., at a time and place to be agreed in late September.
A military source says Pyeongyang's latest launch is an attempt to pressure Washington and a way for them to get the upper hand in their talks.
South Korea's nuclear envoy Lee Do-hoon is reported to have spoken on the phone this morning with his U.S. counterpart Stephen Biegun, and agreed to meet in person to continue the discussion on the latest series of events.
Meanwhile, with Seoul and Tokyo getting closer to the end of their military information sharing pact, Japan has not yet requested for information on today's launch.
That's all from me for now.