North Korea has fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan), South Korea’s military announced on Friday afternoon.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a press release that at approximately 3:10 p.m. KST, it detected multiple projectiles “presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles” launched from Wonsan on North Korea’s east coast.

In a subsequent update, the ROK military stated that the projectiles flew some 180 miles (300 km) but did not disclose further details, including the flight duration and trajectory.

This marks North Korea’s first projectile launch since leader Kim Jong Un observeda