North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles eastward from Koo Song, about 50 miles from Pyongyang, around 4:30 p.m. local time, South Korean officials said. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the launch on Thursday but had no additional details immediately available. The South'
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles eastward from Koo Song, about 50 miles from Pyongyang, around 4:30 p.m. local time, South Korean officials said.
"At the moment, our army has strengthened surveillance and is at alert together with the U.S.," Korean officials told ABC News.That act, a"barrage" of projectiles launched into the Sea of Japan, later was described as a regular, defensive military exercise. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement at the time that"our military is strengthening its surveillance and border in preparation for further launch of North Korea."
Former State Department official Stephen Ganyard, an ABC News contributor, said after Saturday's launch that long-range missiles remain a much larger threat.
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