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North Korea fires ‘multiple’ ballistic missiles, first launch in two months

ROK military says missiles were fired from Pyongyang and flew around 224 miles before landing in East Sea

North Korea fired “multiple” short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Thursday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Pyongyang’s first such launch in over two months.

JCS said the launch occurred at around 7:10 a.m. KST from “somewhere in Pyongyang” and that an unspecified number of missiles flew around 224 miles (360 km) before landing in the sea.

Japan’s defense ministry also saidNorth Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) between 7:10 and 7:14 a.m. from around Pyongyang and that at least one missile appeared to have already fallen before 7:23