People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Sept 25, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)

SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a short-range ballistic missile into its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday.

The JCS said in a statement that it detected the launch from an area in or around Taechon, North Pyongan province, at 6:53 am local time. It provided no further details immediately.

The JCS said it detected the launch from an area in or around Taechon, North Pyongan province, at 6:53 am local time

ROK was maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States while strengthening surveillance and vigilance, according to the JCS.

The DPRK missile launch came two days after a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in Busan, about 390 km southeast of the capital Seoul, for combined drills with the ROK navy being planned to take place later this month.