UPDATES WITH SOUTH KOREA'S RESPONSE
By Omer Faruk Yildiz
SEOUL (AA) – North Korea fired unidentified short-range missiles in the direction of the East Sea on Saturday, according to South Korea’s state-run Yonhap News Agency.
Yonhap cited South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying the North “fired multiple rounds of unidentified missiles from its east coast town of Wonsan in the northeastern direction between 9:06 a.m. and 9:27 a.m. [0006-0027GMT] today."
The incident comes more than a year after the country fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017.
South Korea said North Korea's move went against the intent of the military agreements reached last year between the two Koreas, Yonhap reported.
The press statement came following an emergency meeting chaired by Chung Eui-yong, director of the National Security Office.