North Korea launched “several cruise missiles” into the Yellow Sea around 7 a.m., South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated on Wednesday morning.

The launches come weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced a new inter-Korean policy abandoning the goal of reunification and instructing the military to prepare and practice “subjugating” the South Korean territory at a time of contingency. 

The South Korean military has yet to disclose further information about Wednesday’s missile launch.

It follows North Korea’s Jan. 14 test of an alleged solid-fuel “hypersonic” missile with an intermediate-range and maneuverable warhead, as well