China urges jointly maintaining peace on Korean peninsula

China hopes relevant sides will do more things conducive to reducing tension so as to jointly maintain peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.

China has noticed reports on the recent missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Hong Lei told a daily press briefing.

The DPRK fired 25 short-range missiles toward eastern waters on Sunday evening, according to media reports.