N. Korea fires 10 missiles, one lands close to S. Korean waters for ‘first time’: Seoul military


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SEOUL – A North Korean ballistic missile landed less than 60km off South Korea’s coast on Wednesday, the first time an apparent test had landed near the South’s waters, leading to air raid warnings, officials said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) had initially said it detected the launch of three short range ballistic missiles, but later announced North Korea had fired “at least 10 missiles of various types today towards the east and west”. “The North Korean missile launch is very unusual and unacceptable as it fell close to South Korean territorial waters south of the Northern Limit...