May 03, 2024
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North Korea launches four short-range missiles from East Coast

Three days into joint U.S. - South Korea annual military drills, North Korea test fires four short range missiles

North Korea launched four short-range missiles off its south-easterly coast on Thursday, South Korean defense ministry officials told Yonhap News.

"The projectiles were fired from the Gitdaeryeong area on the North's southeastern coast toward the waters beginning at 5:42 p.m," an official from the South Korean Defense Ministry was quoted as saying.

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