North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea

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North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea

Missile test comes same day Pyongyang announces first COVID-19 outbreak in the capital city

Chaewon Chung | Jeongmin Kim May 12, 2022

North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea

A tactical guided missile North Korea said it fired in January this year | Image: Rodong Sinmun (Jan. 18, 2022)

Updated at 9:02 p.m. May 12 KST to include a statement from the South Korean government

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Chaewon Chung

Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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