North Korea has launched three short-range projectiles into the East Sea from the Hodo Peninsula, South Korean broadcaster YTN has announced.

YTN News also described the projectiles as having a range of 190km, qualifying them as short range missiles.

The launches come one day after the anniversary of the start of the Korean war, 64 years ago and Dr. Lenoid Petrov a North Korea researcher at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra believes the missile launch is related.

“After the yesterday’s mass rally in central Pyongyang, where American imperialism and Japanese militarism were blamed for starting the war in