The Korea Herald:

South Korea has the ability to intercept North Korea’s short-range ballistic missiles, the defense ministry said Tuesday, after the North conducted a series of missile tests in recent weeks.

On Thursday, the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, the first in about a year, just days after the country fired two cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea.

“South Korea has the ability and the posture to fully intercept North Korea’s short-range missiles, including ballistic ones, with the South Korea-U.S. missile defense system,” ministry spokesman Boo Seung-chan said.

Asked to comment on the difference in the missiles’ flight range assessed by the South’s military and that announced by the North, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that they are thoroughly analyzing the projectiles based on information gathered from various sources…

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