The national flag of North Korea. (Getty Images)
SEOUL (Kyodo) — North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, the South Korean military said.
The missiles were fired between 8:10 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. from the Wonsan area in the eastern part of the country, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, adding it detected launches of various types of short-range ballistic missiles from the area.
The missiles flew as far as approximately 800 kilometers before falling into the sea, the South Korean military said.
North Korea last launched missiles on March 10 toward the sea, hours after South Korea and the United States began their large-scale annual joint military exercise called Freedom Shield.
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