April 25, 2024
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North Korea fires three unidentified projectiles from east coast: JCS

Launches comes one week after DPRK's first missile tests of 2020

Updated at 11:00 KST to include more details of the launch from the JCS and expert comments, at 14:00 with details from the ROK MND, and at 17:10 to correct a JCS statement to include that "various kinds" of projectiles were fired.

North Korea fired three as-yet-unidentified "projectiles" from its east coast on Monday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, following military drills and testing of a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) last week.

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