Iran Press/Asia: South Korea’s top military officials, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has said North Korea fired two projectiles on Saturday morning from around Sondok, South Hamgyong province. Sondok is the site of a North Korean military airfield, the Guardian reported.
"Our military is tracking the movement in the North in case of additional launches,” the JCS said in a statement, according to the Yonhap news agency.
It was added that South Korea's presidential office would hold a National Security Council meeting concerning the projectile launch.
"Saturday's launches were made from northeastern South Hamgyong province," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. "They flew about 380 kilometres (236 miles) at the maximum altitude of 97 kilometres (60 miles)," the military said.
North Korea's foreign minister said Friday his country would try to remain "America's biggest threat" if the United States continues to confront it with sanctions. Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho also called U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a "diehard toxin" and vowed to "shutter the absurd dream" that sanctions will force a change in Pyongyang. 101/211/218
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