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North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles in back-to-back launch

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles in back-to-back launch

Seoul, April 8 (IANS) North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, in a back-to-back launch that came after President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret over drone flights by individuals into the North. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the missiles launched from the Wonsan area in the North at around 8:50 a.m. They flew some 240 kilometres. It marked the North's fourth confirmed ballistic missile launch this year. "Our military is closely monitoring North Korea's various movements under a robust South Korea-US combined defense posture and maintains…
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N.Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles: Seoul

N.Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles: Seoul

Seoul, Aug 31, North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, in apparent protest against combined South Korea-US military drills, the Seoul government said on Thursday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches from an area in or around Sunan in Pyongyang between around 11.40 p.m. and 11.50 p.m. Wednesday night, reports Yonhap News Agency. The missiles each flew some 360 km before splashing into the waters, the JCS said, with the allies' intelligence authorities conducting further analysis. The JCS strongly condemned the launches, calling them "acts of significant provocation" that not…
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