Pyongyang Fires 3 Projectiles Eastwards Over Sea - Seoul

By Staff, Agencies

North Korea fired three projectiles, Seoul's military reported on Monday, a week after it launched what the South said appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles.

Three devices were fired eastwards over the sea from the Sondok area in South Hamgyong province, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported in a statement.

"The military is monitoring for additional launches and maintaining readiness," the statement added.

Monday's launch was the North's second weapons test in a week.

After last week's launch the North's state media said leader Kim Jong Un had overseen a "long-range artillery" drill but it was not clear if those two incidents last week were the same.

The latest launch came days after Kim sent a personal letter to the South's President Moon Jae-in, offering "comfort" for the rapid outbreak of the new coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The North carried out a series of weapons tests late last year, the last of them in November, which it often described as multiple launch rocket systems although others called them ballistic missiles.

It also carried out static engine tests, most recently in December.