South raises fresh alarm as North Korea tests multiple-rocket launcher

South Korea’s military has raised fresh alarm, saying that North Korea seemed to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday,

South Korea expressed fear that beside the massive intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), North Korea has released new types of multiple launch rocket systems in recent years, building up an already large arsenal of artillery and rockets ideal for potentially striking targets in the South.

There have been military tensions on the Korean peninsula since North Korea began tests of larger missile launches in developing its nuclear power.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff in a statement, declared: “This morning there was firing in North Korea which is assumed to be multiple rocket launcher shots, and our military was monitoring the related situation and maintaining a readiness posture.”

Yonhap news agency had reported that “North Korea’s military fired four shots around 7:20 a.m. (2220 GMT on Saturday) for about an hour toward its west coast from an unidentified location in South Pyongan Province.”

South Korea’s National Security Council were compelled to convene an emergency vice-ministerial meeting to deliberate in the missile launches.

North Korea has since January this year carried out several missile tests.