South Korea has raised its military alert amid growing signs that North Korea may be preparing to launch missiles as its latest provocation on the divided peninsula.
The defence ministry said the South Korean and US joint military command had raised its “Watchcon3” status by one level amid “imminent signs” that Pyongyang could fire short- or medium-range missiles.
“They could fire the Musudan, Scud and Rodong missiles simultaneously or launch one of them,” said a defence ministry spokesman. “We’ve stepped up monitoring in case of any missile launches.”
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