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North Korea 'test-fires missiles' | |
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North Korea has test-fired several short-range missiles off its western coast, the South Korean Yonhap news agency says. | |
Officials in South Korea say they are checking the report. | Officials in South Korea say they are checking the report. |
If confirmed, the move comes a day after North Korea expelled most of the South Korean managers from a joint industrial park on the border. | If confirmed, the move comes a day after North Korea expelled most of the South Korean managers from a joint industrial park on the border. |
That came after Seoul said it would link progress at the park with progress on the North's denuclearisation effort. | That came after Seoul said it would link progress at the park with progress on the North's denuclearisation effort. |
Yonhap reported that North Korea launched missiles at 1030 local time (0130 GMT), quoting an unnamed government source. | |
The source said that the missiles were fired in the Yellow Sea. |