India, Sept. 20 -- South Korea on Sunday confirmed that North Korea fired two missiles toward the East Sea, media reports said.

"We detected one SRBM launched from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea at around 3 p.m.," the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) told the Korea JoongAng Daily.

The missile flew approximately 450 kilometres (280 miles), while South Korean and US intelligence authorities were conducting a detailed analysis of its specifications, the newspaper reported.

"Our military is closely monitoring North Korea's various activities under the firm South Korea-U.S. combined defense posture while maintaining the capabilities and readiness to overwhelmingly respond to any provocation," it added.

The latest launches came...