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N Korea 'fires three short-range missiles' | N Korea 'fires three short-range missiles' |
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North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. | North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. |
Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the afternoon, the ministry said in a statement. | Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the afternoon, the ministry said in a statement. |
Officials at the ministry said they were "monitoring the situation and remain on alert". | Officials at the ministry said they were "monitoring the situation and remain on alert". |
The launches come at a time of stalemate between the two neighbours following weeks of high tension earlier this year. | The launches come at a time of stalemate between the two neighbours following weeks of high tension earlier this year. |
Saturday's missiles were fired in a north-east direction, and did not pose the same threat as the intermediate-range missiles Pyongyang was believed to have deployed along its coastline last month. | |
It removed them from the launch site early in May, indicating a lowering of tension on the peninsula, a US official said. | |
Such launches are routinely carried out by the Communist nation, the BBC's Lucy Williamson reports from Seoul. | Such launches are routinely carried out by the Communist nation, the BBC's Lucy Williamson reports from Seoul. |
Tensions were high last month amid threats from North Korea to attack Japanese, South Korean and US military targets in the region and restart a mothballed nuclear reactor that produced plutonium for its weapons programme. | Tensions were high last month amid threats from North Korea to attack Japanese, South Korean and US military targets in the region and restart a mothballed nuclear reactor that produced plutonium for its weapons programme. |
Pyongyang also shut down an emergency military hotline with South Korea, and withdrew some 53,000 workers from the Kaesong factory zone on its border with South Korea. | Pyongyang also shut down an emergency military hotline with South Korea, and withdrew some 53,000 workers from the Kaesong factory zone on its border with South Korea. |
The threats followed tough new UN sanctions imposed on North Korea in March after its third nuclear test, as well as annual US-South Korea military drills that saw nuclear-capable B2 and B52 bombers flown over the Korean peninsula. | The threats followed tough new UN sanctions imposed on North Korea in March after its third nuclear test, as well as annual US-South Korea military drills that saw nuclear-capable B2 and B52 bombers flown over the Korean peninsula. |
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