North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday, March 20 amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military said. In response, South Korea said it was "maintaining a readiness posture" following Kim Jong Un's latest test."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," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, without elaborating.North Korea's military fired four shots around 7:20 am (22:20 GMT on Saturday) for about an hour toward its west coast from an unidentified location in South Pyongan Province, Yonhap news agency reported.Pyongyang has conducted an unusually high pace of missile launches this year, Reuters reported.The US alleged that the country has been testing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), which have a minimum range of 5,500km (3,417 miles) and are specifically designed to carry nuclear warheads.
