North Korea test-launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea, Japan and South Korea say
ABC News
The missiles were fired from the Pyongyang area at about 4 p.m., Japan said.
SEOUL and LONDON -- North Korea test-launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday afternoon, South Korean and Japanese officials said.
The missile launch took place just hours after Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under secretary of defense for policy, wrapped up his visit to South Korea early Tuesday morning and arrived in Japan.
Seoul and Pyongyang have been on edge over North Korea's accusation that South Korea intruded its airspace with drones in January and last September.
The launches amounted to a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and posed "a serious issue concerning the safety of the Japanese people,” the Japanese Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
"Japan has lodged a strong protest against North Korea and strongly condemned them," the statement said in Japanese, which was translated by ABC News.
