北, 동해상으로 '단거리 탄도미사일' 2발 발사... NSC "강한 우려"<br /><br />Our top story this evening. <br />South Korea woke up to another missile launch by North Korea on Saturday.<br />The regime fired two projectiles into the East Sea around the break of dawn.<br />The South Korean government says it's sharing information with Japan about the launch.<br />Our Oh Jung-hee starts us off. <br />It was the North's seventh test-fire of projectiles in the space of a month.<br />On Saturday, North Korea fired two projectiles into the East Sea at 6:45AM and 7:02AM, Korea time, from its eastern area of Sondok.<br />Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the projectiles were thought to be "short-range ballistic missiles."<br />The projectiles flew roughly 380 kilometers, reached an altitude of 97 kilometers and hit a maximum speed of over Mach 6-point-5, which is about 8,000 kilometers an hour. <br />The North began its streak of tests on July 25th and has launched multiple types -- believed to be short-range ballistic missiles resembling Russia's Iskander, a large-caliber guided multiple rocket launcher, and surface-to-surface tactical missiles similar to U.S. ATACMS.<br />At 8:30AM, South Korea convened its National Security Council.<br />The council expressed "strong concerns" on how the North is continuing its projectile launches... even after Seoul and Washington wrapped up their joint military exercise earlier this week.<br />It urged the North to stop acts that raise military tensions on the peninsula.<br />The projectiles launched are being analyzed.<br />The South Korean military says it is sharing related information with Japan under their bilateral intel-sharing pact GSOMIA as Tokyo asked for the data.<br />As Seoul recently decided to pull out of GSOMIA, the deal is effective for 90 more days until November 22nd.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. <br />
