North Korea launched two short-range missiles at dawn - according to the official statement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea - off the eastern sea of Nampo.
Nampo is a city on the west coast of North Korea. The eastern sea is also known as the Sea of Japan.
The launches would have taken place in response to the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises.
There may be further launches - added by Seoul - provocations that we keep under observation.
Last month, North Korea launched missiles off the east coast of the island, a few days before the start of the annual US-South Korean exercise.
According to North Korean media, the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises are "acts of aggression".
The beginning of your practice - they threatened North Korea two days ago - will receive a ruthless fire baptism.
Common rhetoric, that of Pyongyang which, just to give an example, in the 2013 threatened to transform the southern presidential palace into a "sea of fire" on the third anniversary of the bombing of Yeonpyeong, where four South Koreans were killed.
The threatening words and actions of North Korea - commented South Korean Defense Minister Kim Min-seok a few hours ago - pose serious dangers to security on the Korean peninsula and the launch of ballistic missiles is a clear violation of the resolution security services.
The Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises will take place between March and April and will be monitored by the neutral surveillance commission formed by Australia, Canada, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom, in accordance with the armistice signed with North Korea in 1953.
Franco Iacch
(photo: US DoD, Foal Eagle tutorials archive)
