South Korea's military confirmed that North Korea fired multiple "unidentified short-range projectiles" into the sea on Saturday, NBC News reports.
South Korea initially described the projectiles as missiles, but later offered a more general description of what was launched. The military confirmed the objects were not ballistic missiles. The projectiles reportedly traveled between 43 and 124 miles.
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South Korea urged its northern neighbor to cease testing its weapons.
"It is a message that [North Korea] could return to the previous confrontational mode if there is no breakthrough in the stalemate," Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum, told Reuters.
Trump was reportedly "fully briefed" on the launch and the United States is monitoring the situation.
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