North Korea has again test-fired one short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday.
 
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the North fired the missile from Hwanghae Province at around 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
 
The projectile is presumed to be a Scud missile with a range of around 500 kilometers.
 
The JCS added that Pyongyang fired the missile without informing civilian flights or vessels of its planned action.
 
The location where the missile was fired sits opposite Baengnyeong Island and is just eleven kilometers away from the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea.
 
North Korea appears to have launched the missile as a way to show its force as Sunday marks the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended the Korean War.
 
North Korea has fired 98 projectiles and artillery shells so far this year, including 13 ballistic missiles.
 
A JCS official said the latest launch is part of the communist state’s traditional dual strategy of engagement and pressure tactic as it came amid Pyongyang’s announcement that it will take part in the Incheon Asian Games.