We begin with our top story this evening.<br />North Korea has test-fired multiple short-range projectiles out toward the east coast.<br />Top diplomats and nuclear envoys of South Korea, U.S. and Japan... held emergency talks to exchange their views on the matter.<br />Our defense ministry correspondent Kim Ji-yeon starts us off. <br /> South Korea's Joint Chief of Staff confirmed North Korea had fired multiple short-range projectiles from its eastern coast... near North Korea's town of Wonsan in the space of around 20 minutes... between 9:06 AM and 9:27 AM local time on Saturday.<br />It was first reported to have been missiles,... but the South Korean military later corrected that they were projectiles.<br /> The Joint Chief of Staff said the projectiles flew between 70 and 200 kilometers... in a northeasterly direction... and it's working with the U.S. to verify what projectiles were launched.<br />A military official speculated that it was a 300 milimeter multiple launch rocket system... the same one tested by the North in March 2014,... that flew some 150 kilometers northeast from Wonsan.<br /> The South Korean military also says it's closely working with the U.S.,... maintaining a strong joint military readiness posture.<br />The most recently fired projectile by the North was when it tested a new tactical guided weapon last month.<br /> North Korean propaganda website 'Meari'... criticized the U.S. for its interference... forcing the South to participate in pressuring the North in inter-Korean affairs.<br />Seoul's foreign ministry meanwhile are on the same page,... exchanging views with its U.S. and Japanese counterparts on the matter.<br /> Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks over the phone,... agreeing to continue analyzing the situation while communicating with each other in handling the incident.<br /> Seoul's foreign ministry's special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon and U.S. special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun also held phone talks... and agreed to hold communication channels in various levels.<br /> Lee Do-hoon also held a phone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Kenji Kanasugi... to exchange views on the matter.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News. <br /><br />
