▲ North Korea launches a missile on Feb. 2, 2024, in this file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency the next day. The country conducted what state media called a "cruise missile super-large warhead power test" and test-fired a new anti-aircraft missile. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea fires several cruise missiles off east coast: JCS

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired several cruise missiles off the east coast Wednesday, the South Korean military said.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the missiles launched at around 9 a.m. over waters northeast of Wonsan on the east coast. It did not specify the number of missiles.

"While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military has been closely coordinating with the United States to monitor additional signs of North Korea's provocations," the JCS said in a text message sent to reporters.

It marked the North's fifth cruise missile launch this year.

Pyongyang has escalated tensions on the Korean Peninsula with weapons tests in the new year, including launches of cruise missiles from sea and land, as well as firing artillery into waters near the western inter-Korean sea border.

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