North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan

SEOUL: North Korea fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, Tokyo said.

South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff also said it had detected a “projectile” being fired toward what Seoul calls the East Sea.

Japan’s coast guard, citing the defense ministry, said it had detected two ballistic missiles and that both were estimated to have already splashed down.

Japanese news agency Jiji Press reported the two missiles had landed outside of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, citing defense ministry sources.

The test is Pyongyang’s second of the month, following a salvo of missiles fired hours before South Korea’s leader headed to China for a summit.