“Our military is monitoring the situation in the event of new launches and is in a state of readiness,” the Rhonhap news agency quoted the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea as saying.

No start-up details are given.

Earlier, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwai said that North Korea in 2019 during test launches could use three new types of short-range ballistic missiles.

In August, Pyongyang announced the successful testing of a new super-large missile launch system.