[KCNA/Kyodo]

BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a firing drill featuring "tactical guided weapons" on Saturday, the country's state-run media reported.

The report on Sunday by the official Korean Central News Agency came a day after South Korea said North Korea fired what are believed to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

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South Korea's military had also said earlier that North Korea fired what it believed were two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

[KCNA/Kyodo]

The missiles were launched from North Pyongan Province around 6:45 a.m. and 6:50 a.m., respectively, flying about 410 kilometers at a maximum altitude of about 50 km, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

It is the third time this year that the North has fired missiles, following launches on March 2 and 9.

The JCS added that such acts of military aggression by North Korea amid global difficulties caused by the fast spread of the coronavirus are "very inappropriate" and should be halted immediately.