North Korea reportedly launched two ballistic missiles from the east coast

appears to

have launched "

" short-range

into the Sea of ​​Japan from the east coast.

"W

," said the

and in a

said that apparently

had been launched .

Subsequently sources

from

the launch of the two bombs as reported by Yonhap, the national news agency of Seoul.

These launches are not isolated events: this

there would have been "

", perhaps

departing from the east coast.

The tension

on the Korean peninsula is thus increasing: the launch comes after the

and

held the

, the

joint military exercise

, and after the United States Vice President,

, visited Seoul in the past few days.

During her visit, Harris traveled to the heavily militarized border with North Korea as part of a trip to strengthen defense commitments between Washington and Seoul.

South Korea has announced it will participate in anti-submarine maneuvers with Japan and the United States for the first time since 2017, and officials said they had indications that Pyongyang could prepare a ballistic missile launch from a submarine.