Overview
- South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff detected several short-range ballistic missiles launched around 8:10 a.m. from Junghwa in North Hwanghae Province.
- The projectiles flew roughly 350 kilometers in a northeastern direction, according to South Korean assessments.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said none of the missiles reached Japan’s territorial waters or exclusive economic zone and no damage was reported.
- The launches are the first in about five months, the first under President Lee Jae Myung, and the fifth ballistic missile event reported this year.
- Reports differ on where the missiles fell, with initial accounts pointing to the East Sea and later indications suggesting inland impacts in North Hamgyong, as analysis continues before next week’s APEC summit in Gyeongju.