Seoul: North Korea has fired a pair of short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military.
It is the second in less than 48 hours and a day after joint US-South Korean drills.
“North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Monday,” Seoul’s Joint Chief of Staff said.
South Korea’s military said it “strongly” condemned the two launches as an act of “significant provocation”.
Japan also detected the launches, saying two ballistic missiles were fired at about 7am local time on Monday (22:00 GMT Sunday). The missiles reached an altitude of approximately 100km (62 miles) and 50km (31 miles) and travelled between 350km (217 miles) and 400km (249 miles) and landed in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
There were no reports of damage to aircraft or vessels.
