SEOUL, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday.
The projectiles were launched into the eastern waters from the DPRK's South Hamgyong province in the morning.
Yonhap news agency reported that the projectiles were estimated to have been ballistic missiles.
The JCS said in a statement that the intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States were analyzing further details on the projectiles.
It noted that the South Korean military strengthened surveillance and was maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States.
If confirmed, it would be the first ballistic missile launch by the DPRK in about one year.
The presidential Blue House said it convened an emergency session of the National Security Council (NSC) standing committee at 9:00 a.m. local time over the DPRK's projectile launches.
It followed Pyongyang's test-launch on Sunday of two cruise missiles off its west coast.
According to the South Korean military, the two cruise missiles were fired westward from the DPRK's west coast on Sunday morning and traveled in a short range.
It was not in violation of UN Security Council resolutions that ban Pyongyang from testing ballistic missiles.
The DPRK's missile launch came after South Korea and the United States conducted their annual springtime military exercises on March 8-18. Enditem
