The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported that around 6:50 AM local time (5:50 PM Tuesday Eastern Time), it detected the launch of North Korean short-range ballistic missiles from the Kaechon area in South Pyongan province,

North Korea launched a ballistic missile overnight on September 18 toward the East Sea. The airborne target fell outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to the South Korean edition of Yonhap News and the Japanese news agency NHK.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile in what would be it second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program.

North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile eastward on Wednesday, South Korea's military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch but gave no further details, saying an analysis is under way.