SEOUL, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- North Korea fired a flurry of short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, a week ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's scheduled visit to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
"Our military detected several projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Junghwa area of North Hwanghae Province in a northeasterly direction around 8:10 a.m. today," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a text message to reporters.
The missiles flew approximately 217 miles, the JCS said, and may have landed inland rather than in the East Sea.
"Under a robust South Korea-U.S. combined defense posture, the military is closely monitoring North Korea's various movements and maintaining the capability and readiness to overwhelmingly respond to any provocation," the JCS said.
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