#UPDATE: ROK JCS confirms 2 projectiles launched into East Sea/Sea of Japan

North Korea has now conducted nine rounds of launches since early May. But this one's notable because it comes after Trump says Kim promised "this testing would stop when the exercises end." They did end Tuesday. And yet... https://t.co/dnAbmlzyBS

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles. Adds it's monitoring in case of additional launches. No more details at this point. But Japan's government is calling these "ballistic missiles," according to media reports.

North Korea's latest launch comes a day after its foreign minister warned the US it was "ready for dialogue or confrontation," and vowed to remain "America's biggest threat" for a long time to come.

The US has assessed that North Korea fired two short range missiles in the direction of the Sea of Japan on Saturday, US officials tell CNN. The launches occurred about 15 minutes apart from one another

(URGENT) Cheong Wa Dae: National Security Council set to meet over N.K. projectile launch https://t.co/BC3C1sYHsO

Trajectory of the Saturday morning missiles appears to be different than the other recent #DPRK missile launches, according to #Japan defense ministry. https://t.co/E5iEDX5AwZ

Perhaps a brand new system, or an older one? https://t.co/Akh6H2RrZY

(URGENT) Cheong Wa Dae: National Security Council set to meet over N.K. projectile launch https://t.co/BC3C1sYHsO

The Litvinenko Diet https://t.co/GxRk9oUQsr

Looks like two SRBM’s again https://t.co/k2bPSFYJ8n

US official confirms North Korea has fired two short range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan tonight. Said to be similar to ones in previous launches.

BREAKING: North Korea fires another projectile, U.S. officials say

Nothing like a rocket launch to finish off a day of craziness. https://t.co/CFBB6KbZ9Q

#UPDATE: Most reporting on two #DPRK missile tests into Sea of Japan appears to becoming from US and Japanese officials day after #ROK scraps Intel-sharing deal. @laraseligman @nktpnd @joshjonsmith @TheWarOfNow @TheWarMonitor @AndrewSErickson https://t.co/F4mTytk2X4

Reminder -- This was the estimate before the new 30 percent rate the president just announced. https://t.co/sg2Nc6zpd8

Reminder: Within the next 2 hours, the US military will conduct a THAAD test from the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll. https://t.co/6QR6PvwFoM

@DaveSchmerler On August 6, North Korea launched two KN-23s from an "operational airbase" to verify "the reliability, security and actual war capacity of the new-type tactical guided weapon system." This *might* be something similar. Or not. We have to wait.

https://t.co/4tImPkuZMA

Coming in 2020, if we're still here. 👿 #SOS

#NEW #UPDATE: Looks like #Iran|ian tanker ‘ADRIAN DARYA 1’ has changed its destination away from #Kalamata, #Greece. Tanker looks like it is now headed to #Mersin, #Turkey in the southern part of the country. Location is pretty close to #Syria. https://t.co/imlXrjF8jY