North Korea fires ballistic missiles as Blinken visits Seoul
Al Jazeera
Launches come days after South Korea and the US wrapped up military drills Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal.
North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to open a democracy summit in neighbouring South Korea, officials have said.
“North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea,” the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.
Japan’s Coast Guard, which confirmed the launches, said the objects appeared to have already fallen.
The launches come days after the US and South Korea wrapped up 11 days of so-called Freedom Shield joint military drills.
North Korea has long condemned joint US-South Korea military drills, calling them rehearsals for an invasion.
