Cheong Wa Dae holds emergency security meeting on N. Korea's missile launch

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The presidential National Security Office (NSO) has held an emergency meeting to discuss North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile, Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday.

The NSO said the North's firing of a ballistic missile is in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and urged Pyongyang to immediately stop such provocative action.

South Korea's military said the North fired at least one ballistic missile earlier in the day, a day after Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, again rejected blame for the recent mine blast inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and mocked Seoul's call to reduce tensions.

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