The National Security Office at the presidential office convened an emergency security review meeting on the 12th to assess North Korea's ballistic missile launch.
"After North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea, we convened an emergency security review meeting attended by officials from the Ministry of National Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other related agencies," Senior Presidential Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a written briefing.
At the meeting, the National Security Office reviewed South Korea's readiness posture and security situation in light of North Korea's recent string of ballistic missile launches and stressed the need for full preparedness, Kang said. The office also analyzed and assessed the impact of the launch on national security and issued instructions on measures that need to be taken.
The office also urged North Korea to immediately halt the launches, calling the repeated ballistic missile firings a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and a grave act that does not help manage the current situation on the Korean Peninsula.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea fired ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on the morning of the 12th. Specifications are still being confirmed. The launch came nine days after North Korea fired an intermediate-range strategic missile on the 3rd.
The launch also came four days after the South Korean government conducted the first test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) being developed with domestic technology on the 8th.