North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, according to the South Korean military, which criticized Pyongyang for amping up launches in 2022 amid speculation that it could be preparing another nuclear test.
Maj. Gen. Lee Seung-O, South Korea’s director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), said at a Saturday news conference that the launch is “a grave provocation” that undermines peace of the international community as well as the Korean Peninsula.
“It is a clear violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution,” said Lee. “Thus, we urge them to stop immediately.”…