North Korea fires missiles ahead of major party congress
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, its first launch of the year just hours before South Korea’s leader heads to China for a summit. Sunday’s launch follows a US military operation against Pyongyang’s socialist ally Venezuela that snatched President Nicolas Maduro out of his country –…
Seoul’s defence ministry said it had detected “several projectiles, presumed to be ballistic missiles” fired from near the North Korean capital Pyongyang around 7.50am.
“The military is maintaining a full readiness posture, having strengthened surveillance and vigilance against possible additional launches,” it said.
The Japan Coast Guard said North Korea launched two suspected ballistic missiles, which a government source said are believed to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone with no immediate report of damage to ships or planes.
