Seoul monitoring possible missile activity from DPRK

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South Korea's presidential Blue House is closely monitoring possible missile provocations by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on a real-time basis, Yonhap news agency reported Monday.

An official was quoted as saying that signs of missile activity from the North, which had been detected before the Chuseok holiday, remained unchanged.

The official also noted that South Korea was monitoring activity at the DPRK's missile facilities in real-time.

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, October 8, 2017. /Reuters Photo

Although immediate signs of provocation from the DPRK has not been identified as yet, signs of missile launches were allegedly detected before the autumn holiday as movement was detected at some of the country's missile facilities.

Pyongyang was widely expected to conduct another missile launch around October 10, the anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

Military authorities in South Korea and the United States were reportedly mobilizing military surveillance assets, including the U-2S high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft from US Forces Korea (USFK), as well as the RC-800 and RF-16 reconnaissance planes and the P-3C maritime patrol aircraft.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency