North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast, according to the South Korean military on Thursday, marking the first missile firing in just over a week.
The statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected Pyongyang’s launch from the Wonsan area in Kangwon Province at 10:48 a.m. It did not provide further details.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff also said, per Yonhap News Agency: “While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States.”
It was the first launch in eight days; Pyongyang last fired a short-range ballistic missile into the East Sea on Nov. 9. It is also the latest in its series of missile tests in recent months….