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North Korea fires land-to-ship missiles, says South Korea North Korea fires anti-ship missiles, says South Korea
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North Korea has fired land-to-ship missiles, South Korea's military says. North Korea has fired several anti-ship cruise missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military says.
They were launched on Thursday morning local time (Wednesday evening GMT) from the city of Wonsan on North Korea's east coast, according to a statement from the joint chiefs of staff, carried by Yonhap news agency. Authorities said they appear to be short-range "surface-to-ship" missiles, launched on Thursday morning from the city of Wonsan.
The statement described them as "a salvo of apparent ballistic missiles". They flew about 200km (125 miles) before landing in the water.
Under Kim Jong-un, there have been increasingly frequent North Korean tests, all of which defy UN sanctions. Repeated missile tests by the North this year - not all of them successful but all a breach of UN sanctions - have sparked international alarm.
South Korea's military said the missiles flew about 200 kilometres (125 miles). On 29 May the North fired a Scud-type ballistic missile from the same location, which flew about 450km.
Last Friday the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new US resolution to impose targeted sanctions on certain North Korean officials and state entities.
The US has also ramped up its military presence in the region in response to these missile tests. Two US aircraft carriers have recently been carrying out naval exercises in the Sea of Japan, reported Reuters news agency citing the US military.
However, South Korea said on Wednesday it was suspending the further deployment of a controversial US anti-missile defence system called Thaad, until an environment assessment is complete.
Pyongyang has been testing its missiles at an unprecedented pace. Experts fear the tests indicate progress towards Pyongyang's ultimate goal of putting a nuclear warhead on a missile that could strike continental US.