The JCS noted that the South Korean military was monitoring the relevant situations and maintaining readiness posture to prepare for the possible additional launch. combined forces commander held phone talks and reaffirmed the firm defense posture between South Korea and the United States, the JCS said. Right after the DPRK's projectile launch, the JCS chief and the South Korea-U.S. The intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States were analyzing further details on the projectiles, according to the JCS.

The projectile traveled some 800 km at an altitude of around 2,000 km.

The JCS said in a statement that the South Korean military detected one intermediate-range ballistic missile, which was launched eastward at a high angle into the eastern waters from the Mupyong-ri area in the DPRK's northern province of Jagang at about 7:52 a.m. 30 (Xinhua) - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired an intermediate-range projectile, believed to be a ballistic missile, toward its eastern waters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday.

Range of projectile