North Korea launched “several short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) toward the northeast” of the DPRK on Wednesday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

Calling the launch a “provocation,” JCS said it took place around 8:10 a.m. KST “somewhere in Junghwa,” just south of Pyongyang, and that an unspecified number of missiles flew “around 350 km” (217 miles).

ROK military authorities indicated that the targets were inland rather than an offshore island, while noting that joint analysis with the U.S. military is ongoing.

The ROK and U.S. detected preparations for the launch in advance before tracking it in