Politics | Oct 09

North Korea launches two more missiles into Sea of Japan

Oct 09 (rte.ie) - North Korea fired two more ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches amid tensions over US-led military exercises in the region, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The South Korean military's joint chiefs of staff announced the launches from the southeast of the country - the seventh and eighth in two weeks - without giving further details.

"While strengthening our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States," the joint chiefs of staff said, Yonhap reported.

Earlier, North Korea had defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate counter to US military threats, following days of joint military exercises between the South, Japan and the United States.

The Japanese prime minister's office also confirmed at least one of Sunday's launches on Twitter. ...continue reading

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