North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Monday, as the sister of leader Kim Jong Un threatened turning the Pacific into a “firing range” amid tensions in the region.
Japan’s Coast Guard said North Korea launched three projectiles that could be ballistic missiles shortly after 2200 GMT, all of which fell within minutes. All three landed outside Japan’s EEZ, public broadcaster NHK said.
The launch comes just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea off Japan’s west coast, in what it called a “sudden launching drill.”…