North Korea fires ballistic missiles towards east of Korean peninsula

North Korea fires ballistic missiles towards east of Korean peninsula: North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons development amid speculation it could test a nuclear weapon for a seventh time.

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The three short-range ballistic missiles were fired from around 8 am local time (2300 GMT) from North Hwanghae Province, south of the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

ll three flew at an altitude of around 100 kilometres (62 miles) and covered a range of around 350 kilometres (217 miles), Kyodo news agency reported, citing Japan’s defence ministry. The launches came a day after South Korea’s defence ministry announced it had successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-propellant space launch vehicle. This latest volley comes 5 days after North Korea flew drones into South Korea’s airspace for the first time since 2017.