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North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, according to Seoul and Tokyo, hours after a nuclear-powered United States submarine arrived at a naval base in South Korea, reports Al Jazeera.
In its third round of launches since last week, North Korea fired the missiles consecutively on Monday night from about 11:55pm to midnight from an area near its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Both missiles travelled about 400km before landing in waters off the Korean Peninsula’s eastern coast.
The South Korean military called North Korea’s missile launches a “grave provocation” that threatens regional peace and stability.
Japan’s defence ministry also reported the launch of what it said could be a ballistic missile by North Korea. There may have been multiple missiles launched, Japanese media reported, citing a Japanese government source.
The projectile is believed to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said.
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