North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast, a move that Japan has called “unprecedented.”
North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a move that Japan has called"unprecedented."
The missiles were launched from multiple sites in North Korea into waters east of the Korean peninsula between 9:08 a.m. and 9:43 a.m. local time in Seoul on Sunday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.The missiles mark the 17th launch by North Korea this year. The last, on May 25, came just as US President Joe Biden had concluded his trip to Asia and was returning back to the United States.
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