North Korea fires two suspected ballistic missiles in eastern waters, says South Korea and Japan
The IndependentNorth Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters, one of which landed between the Korean peninsula and Japan within minutes of launch, officials in South Korea said. Thursday’s missiles were launched at 6am local time from North Korea’s capital region and landed between the Korean nations and Japan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Japan also confirmed a short-range ballistic missile launch, after initially claiming that one of the projectiles flew over its territory in a repeat of North Korea’s launch on Tuesday. The redeployment of the Reagan strike group poses “a serious threat to the stability of the situation on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity,” North Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.