North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang into the East Sea (Sea of Japan), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said late Wednesday morning.

It marks the DPRK’s first missile launch while leader Kim Jong Un is out of the country, the unification ministry confirmed to NK News.

According to South Korea’s JCS, North Korea fired the short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) from the Sunan region from 11:43 a.m. to 11:53 a.m. Both flew around 404 miles (650km) before splashing down, the JCS added, without sharing any apogee information.

Japan had a similar assessment with Tokyo’s Coast Guard