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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, South Korea says

2019-07-31 09:49:30       source:The Aljazeera

July 31, 2019


North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles, the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, less than a week after launching two new short-range ballistic missiles.


The projectiles were launched early on Wednesday from the Hodo Peninsula in South Hamgyong Province on North Korea's east coast, according to the JCS.


The two missiles "flew around 250 kilometres at an altitude of 30 kilometres before falling into the East Sea", also known as the Sea of Japan, an official at the JCS told AFP news agency.


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