South Korean armed forces condemn the two launches as a ‘grave provocation’
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, adding to a recent streak of weapons testing that is apparently in protest against the US sending naval assets to South Korea.
In its third round of launches since last week, North Korea fired the missiles from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said early on Tuesday local time. It said the missiles travelled about 250 miles (400km) before landing in waters off the Korean peninsula’s eastern coast.
Japan’s coastguard urged vessels in affected areas to watch out for falling debris, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The South Korean joint chiefs of staff condemned North Korea’s missile launches as a “grave provocation” that threatened regional peace and stability, and said the South Korean and US militaries were working together to tighten their monitoring of North Korean military activities.
