South Korea Says North Korea Fired Ballistic Missile Ahead of Joint US Drill

A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo

South Korea’s military said on Thursday that it would maintain “a full readiness posture” with the United States after detecting North Korea’s launch of a short-range ballistic missile into waters off its western coast.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the missile was launched from North Korea’s western port city of Nampo at around 6.20 p.m. (local time), but it did not specify how far the missile traveled.