The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s eastern coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch took place at around 12:30 p.m. and described the weapons as short-range ballistic missiles, according to reporting by the Korea Herald.
The exact number was not immediately settled. The Korea Herald and The Japan Times reported around a dozen missiles, while Deutsche Welle described the salvo as involving around 10. The differing estimates support an approximate count rather than a confirmed total.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said analysis of the missiles’ flight distances and other specifications was still underway, the Korea Herald reported. That leaves the available public account without confirmed technical details beyond the South Korean military’s short-range classification.
The launch followed North Korea’s firing of multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on October 12, according to the Korea Herald. An earlier report from the publication said the number of missiles and their flight and technical details had initially not been disclosed, before a later account provided the approximate count, launch area and classification.
Deutsche Welle described the latest launch as taking place amid rising border tensions with South Korea and uncertainty over potential nuclear talks with the United States. The available reporting establishes the launch and its approximate scale, but does not yet provide a settled account of the missiles’ performance or other technical characteristics.