North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the eastern waters of the peninsula the seventh launch in two weeks of weapons tests after South Korea and the United States concluded their latest round of naval drills.
\nAccording to international media, South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang fired the two missiles from the southeastern coastal city of Munchon early on Sunday. The first was fired at about 1:47am local time (16:47 GMT) and the second one some six minutes later.
\nThe Japanese government also said North Korea had fired what appeared to be ballistic missiles.
\nThe two missiles reached an altitude of 100km (60 miles) and covered a range of 350km (217 miles), Japan\u2019s State Minister of Defence Toshiro Ino told reporters.
\nBoth fell outside Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone, and authorities were looking into what kind of missiles were launched, including the possibility that they were submarine-launched ballistic missiles, he said.
\nSouth Korea\u2019s military condemned the launches as a \u201cserious provocation\u201d that undermined peace, noting they were a \u201cclear violation\u201d of UN Security Council resolutions.
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