{"id":3295,"date":"2026-09-12T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2026-09-12T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:25:14","slug":"north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-off-eastern-coast-seoul-says-military-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"North Korea fires ballistic missiles off eastern coast, Seoul says | Military News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Korea said it boosted its surveillance posture and was closely exchanging information on the launches with the US and Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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North Korea has fired ballistic missiles towards the sea off its eastern coast, according to South Korea\u2019s military.<\/p>\n

South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that it detected several missiles launched from North Korea\u2019s eastern coastal area of Wonsan about 5:20am on Saturday (20:20 GMT on Friday), which flew about 250 kilometres (155 miles). It added that it is closely exchanging information on the launches with the United States and Japan.<\/p>\n

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South Korea\u2019s presidential National Security Office said it held an emergency security meeting with the Defence Ministry, the JCS and other relevant agencies following the launch.<\/p>\n

The US Pacific Command said North Korea\u2019s launch event does not pose an immediate threat to US territory or to its allies, adding that Washington remains committed to the defence of South Korea and its other allies in the region.<\/p>\n

The missiles were launched a day after South Korea concluded five days of joint maritime drills with the US and Japan that were focused on North Korea.<\/p>\n

Hours after the exercises began on Monday, North Korea\u2019s defence minister, Kim Song Gi, criticised the exercise and warned North Korea was capable of taking \u201cstrong and reflective countermeasures from the standpoint of power\u201d.<\/p>\n

Late last month, North Korea slammed plans for the so-called Freedom Edge exercises in international waters off South Korea as a \u201cthreat\u201d to Pyongyang and other countries in the region.<\/p>\n

The North also fired a barrage of missiles into the sea on August 20, despite an overture from US President Donald Trump, who said he planned to meet this year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n

The August launch from the nuclear-armed North came as South Korea and the US held a shorter edition<\/a> of their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises, following an order from Trump to scale back the drills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The order from Trump, who called the exercises \u201cinappropriate and hostile\u201d towards North Korea, alarmed US allies in the region.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang has long condemned US-South Korea joint exercises as rehearsals for invasion, often staging missile launches around the drills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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