China News Agency, Seoul, June 5 (Reporter Liu Xu) The South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters said on the 5th local time that North Korea fired 8 missiles into the eastern sea from Pyongyang, Sunan and other places from 9:08 am to 43:00 on the same day. Short-range ballistic missiles.
The Korean Joint Staff said it is analyzing parameters such as launch distance and altitude, and the Korean military is strengthening surveillance and maintaining a high degree of vigilance.
South Korea's national security chief Kim Sung-han chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Security Council (NSC) immediately after North Korea's projectile, strongly condemning North Korea's missile launch for escalating tensions on the peninsula.
According to the South Korean Presidential Office, President Yin Xiyue instructed relevant departments to maintain a strict alert posture regarding the North Korean projectile.
South Korean military sources believe that this is the third time North Korea has launched a missile since the government of South Korea's Yoon Seok-yue took office on May 10.
The South Korean military said on May 12 and May 25, respectively, that North Korea fired missiles in the direction of the eastern waters of the peninsula.
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