North Korea launched two projectiles early on Friday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, the second such test in recent days and Pyongyang’s third in the last two weeks.

“North Korea at around 0259 and 0323 KST fired an unidentified short-range projectile twice from South Hamgyong province’s Yonghung area into the East Sea,” the JCS said in a statement.

“We are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture.”

The U.S. State Department said it was aware of the latest reports and was monitoring the situation while “consulting closely” with Seoul and