North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said one of the missiles launched from the Pyongyang area flew more than 900km.

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South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said one of the missiles launched from the Pyongyang area flew more than 900km.

North Korean service personnel salute the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to pay their respects on the 81st founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on October 10, 2026 [Kim Won Jin/AFP]

North Korea has fired multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military says.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said one of the missiles launched from the Pyongyang area flew more than 900km (559 miles) on Monday. The joint chiefs did not specify how many missiles were detected.

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Japan’s Deputy Defence Minister Takashi Koyari said at least two missiles were launched 17 minutes apart and landed in waters outside of its exclusive economic zone.

Koyari said the first missile flew about 220 kilometres (137 miles) and the second more than 910 kilometres (565 miles), following an “irregular” flight path and suggested it may have been a hypersonic weapon.

South Korea’s presidential office said that Pyongyang’s repeated missile launches violate United Nations Security Council resolutions, urging an immediate stop.

Monday’s launches add to heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, as both countries have been conducting weapons tests.

JCS spokesperson Jang Do-young said the latest missile launch appears to be a show of force, days after South Korea tested its own hypersonic weapon.

On Thursday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung oversaw the country’s first test-firing of a hypersonic missile, a rare public showcasing of a missile test by a South Korean president.

Lee’s office said the hypersonic weapon, once fully developed, would enhance South Korea’s ability to strike key targets by surprise in the “Korean Peninsula theatre of operations”.

On October 3, North Korea also tested a hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to evade missile defences in South Korea and Japan.

Last week, Seoul demanded an apology after a landmine blast wounded three soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea. A joint South Korean-UN investigation concluded that two landmines were planted by North Korean forces about a year ago. Pyongyang dismissed the claim and accused South Korea of provocation.

Prior to the border mine blast, Seoul said it was conducting “preliminary coordination efforts” to facilitate dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington.

Lee pledged to reopen dialogue with North Korea in his first speech after taking office in 2025.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his nuclear weapons programme, while rejecting US and South Korean offers to resume stalled diplomacy.

Talks between Kim and United States President Donald Trump abruptly ended in 2019. Kim Jong Un’s government continues to demand that Washington abandon its “hostile” policy towards Pyongyang and drop demands for North Korea’s denuclearisation as a condition for talks.

韩国联合参谋本部表示，从平壤地区发射的一枚导弹飞行距离超过900公里。

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韩国军方称，朝鲜向其东海岸附近海域发射了多枚弹道导弹。

韩国联合参谋本部表示，周一从平壤地区发射的一枚导弹飞行距离超过900公里（559英里）。联合参谋本部没有透露探测到的导弹数量。

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日本防卫部副大臣小谷隆表示，至少有两枚导弹在17分钟内发射，落入其专属经济区以外的水域。

科亚里表示，第一枚导弹飞行了约 220 公里（137 英里），第二枚导弹飞行了超过 910 公里（565 英里），飞行轨迹“不规则”，并暗示这可能是一枚高超音速武器。

韩国总统府表示，平壤一再发射导弹违反了联合国安理会决议，敦促其立即停止导弹发射。

周一的发射加剧了朝鲜半岛的紧张局势，因为两国一直在进行武器试验。

联合参谋本部发言人张道英表示，此次导弹发射似乎是在韩国试射高超音速武器几天后进行的武力展示。