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DPRK

2 more short-range projectiles launched

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired two short-range projectiles into eastern waters, the fourth launch in less than two weeks, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday. It said in a statement that the ROK military detected two projectiles, presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles which were launched northeastward to the eastern coast from the DPRK's Sunan airfield in Pyongyang in the morning. The projectiles traveled nearly 380 kilometers at an altitude of 42 km. It marked the DPRK's fourth projectile launch this year.

SYRIA

Over 4,000 tons of rice in aid received

Syria received more than 4,000 tons of rice from China on Sunday, the latest in a long line of humanitarian supplies China has provided to Syria to ease the Syrian people's suffering. Feng Biao, China's ambassador to Syria, signed a delivery note with Khaled Hboubati, the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, in Damascus for the food aid. Hboubati thanked China for its assistance to the Syrian people, as he signed the receipt document for the food supply.

Xinhua