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North Korea fires ‘ballistic missiles’ marking second launch in less than a week

ROK says projectiles were short-range ballistic missiles fired in northeast direction from South Pyongan Province

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) “in the northeast direction” on Wednesday morning, South Korea’s military announced.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said North Korea fired the missiles around 6:50 a.m. KST from the area of Kaechon in the western South Pyongan Province.

The military stated in a subsequent update that the missiles flew approximately 250 miles (400 km), but did not provide further details about the projectiles’ flight or how many there were.

Seoul said it is sharing information with Washington and Tokyo and carrying out a “comprehensive analysis” in coordination with the U.S., adding