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North Korea fired around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday afternoon, launched from the Wonsan area, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Yonhap and Korea Times report the launch came as an apparent cold rebuff to Seoul's offer for talks aimed at easing border tensions. Cheong Wa Dae held an emergency National Security Office meeting and urged North Korea to cease provocations. Separately, South Korea, the US, and partners reaffirmed denuclearization goals and sanctions enforcement. Korean outlets uniformly frame the launch as a provocation undermining dialogue, with no domestic dissent reported in the supplied coverage.