N Korea fires two ballistic missiles off east coast, S Korea says

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and national media said.

“The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches from the Tongchon area in Kangwon Province,” South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday.

South Korea’s military is “maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States”, the Joint Chief said in a text message sent to reporters, according to Yonhap.

No other details, including the projectiles’ flight range, were immediately available.