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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. (Last updated on Jan. 17 at 1:12 p.m. KST)
North Korea fired two “likely short-range ballistic missiles” from the Pyongyang airport area toward its east coast on Monday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced.
JCS said the DPRK fired the missiles toward the northeastern East Sea at 8:50 a.m. and 8:54 a.m. KST and that they flew 236 miles (380 kilometers), with a detected altitude of 26 miles (42 km).
Japan’s Ministry of Defense offered a somewhat different assessment earlier in the day
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. (Last updated on Jan. 17 at 1:12 p.m. KST)
North Korea fired two "likely short-range ballistic missiles" from the Pyongyang airport area toward its east coast on Monday morning, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced.
Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.
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