North Korea test-launched around 10 or more ballistic missiles from Pyongyang at around 5 p.m. KST on Thursday, according to Japanese and South Korean military authorities, as China’s foreign minister Wang Yi held a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul.

The launches coincided with large-scale joint U.S.-ROK military exercises. It also comes amid President Donald Trump’s requests to meet DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, as well as a series of statements from Kim’s sister condemning Seoul and Washington.

The Japanese defense ministry first released an alert through the coast guard at 5:08 p.m. warning vessels to