"Many Photos" - North Korea has fired two unidentified missiles off its east coast, South Korea says

North Korea has fired two unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea says.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were done Wednesday from the Hodo peninsula. There was no confirmation from Pyongyang of the launch.

It comes just a week after the secretive state fired an earlier pair of missiles under the personal supervision of Kim Jong-Un.

The dictator said those tests had been a 'solemn warning' over the military drills planned in South Korea with the U.S., and that the missiles were newly designed tactical weapons.

Thursday's launch was the first since Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to resume nuclear talks during an impromptu June meeting in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea. 

South Koreans watch TV report (with a file image) of the latest launches at Seoul railway station

North Korea has fired two unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South Korea says. Pictured: Kim Jong-Un supervising the launch of two missiles last week 

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were done Wednesday from the Hodo peninsula. There was no confirmation from Pyongyang of the launch. Pictured: one of the missiles launched last week

Pictured: where the missiles were launched from in North Korea 

It also came hours after a senior U.S. official said President Donald Trump has sent mementos from his brief visit to North Korea last month to Kim.

The official said a top staffer from the National Security Council hand-delivered photographs from the June Trump-Kim meeting at the demilitarized zone to a North Korean official last week. 

The Trump administration official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to speak publicly.

That working-level dialogue has yet to begin and even before the recent launches, Pyongyang had warned the talks could be derailed by Washington and Seoul's refusal to scrap the annual manoeuvres between South Korean and American soldiers.

One of Thursday's missiles flew around 430 miles out into the Sea of Japan before splashing down into the ocean.

Experts said the weapon showed similarities to the Russian-made Iskander - a short-range, nuclear-capable missile. 

Other observers pointed out that the missile appears near-identical to the KN-23 which North Korea tested in May, though has a considerably improved range.

The new missile's range puts the whole of South Korea and part of southern Japan within striking distance, while it's low-altitude flight would make it very difficult to intercept. 

Thursday's launch was the first since Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to resume nuclear talks during an impromptu June meeting in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea (pictured)

One of Thursday's missiles flew around 430 miles out into the Sea of Japan before splashing down into the ocean. Pictured: Kim Kong-Un inspecting a newly built submarine

South Korea has said it is monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture. 

Both Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played down last week's launches and Pompeo has continued to express hope for a diplomatic way forward with North Korea.

North Korea has also warned of a possible end to its freeze on nuclear and long-range missile tests in place since 2017, which Trump has repeatedly upheld as evidence of the success of his engagement with Kim.

A February summit in Vietnam between Trump and Kim collapsed after the two sides failed to reconcile differences between Washington's demands for Pyongyang's complete denuclearization and North Korean demands for sanctions relief.

A North Korean official told a White House National Security Council counterpart last week that working-level talks would start very soon, a senior U.S. administration official said earlier on Tuesday.

Trump reiterated to reporters at the White House on Tuesday that he had a good relationship with Kim, but added: 'We'll see what happens. I can't tell you what's going to happen.'

Pompeo said on Monday he hoped working-level talks to revive denuclearization talks could occur 'very soon', but emphasized that a follow-up leaders' summit was not planned.

Pompeo and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho had been expected to meet on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia security forum in Bangkok this week, but Ri canceled his trip to the conference, a diplomatic source said.

On Tuesday, the senior U.S. official also said it appeared Ri would not be in Bangkok.

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