Tension remains high on the East Asian chessboard.
North Korea has in fact launched two new ballistic missiles, as confirmed by the Seoul General Staff.
"Our armed forces have strengthened monitoring and surveillance and are maintaining maximum readiness in coordination with the United States," the South Korean military explained in a statement, commenting on yet another test that smacks of provocation.
The Seoul army has specified that it has identified two short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Samsok area, in Pyongyang, towards the Sea of Japan.
The new launches follow Tuesday's test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan, followed by launches by the US and Seoul.
"Our message to North Korea is this: enough with the reckless, provocative attitude that leads to exclusion . Let's go back to dialogue," the American ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield wrote on Twitter.
(Unioneonline / lf)