People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Sept 25, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)

SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday.

The JCS said in a statement that it detected two short-range ballistic missiles, launched by the DPRK from the Sunan area in Pyongyang between 6:45 am and 7:03 am local time into the eastern waters.

The DPRK fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters on Thursday and Wednesday respectively and one short-range ballistic missile into the eastern waters on Sunday.

According to the ROK's military, in 2022 alone, the DPRK has test-fired ballistic missiles 20 times and cruise missiles twice.  

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