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North Korea launched two “new-type” short-range ballistic missiles: Seoul

Thursday's test "runs against the intent" of last year's inter-Korean military agreement: MND

Updated at 1500/1930 KST: This article has been updated to include more details on Thursday’s launch. 

North Korea is believed to have fired two “new-type” short-range ballistic missiles off its coast on Thursday morning, South Korea’s presidential National Security Office (NSO) said in a follow-up assessment to a reported test earlier in the day.

South Korean director of the presidential NSO Chung Eui-yong convened a regular meeting of the standing committee Thursday afternoon where the missile tests were discussed along with other topics.

“The Standing Committee of the National Security Council analyzed that the projectiles launched by North Korea this