SEOUL (Jiji Press)—North Korea fired two projectiles believed to be Scud short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from an inland area in its Hwanghae southwestern region on early Wednesday morning, the South Korean military said.
In Tokyo, the Japanese government separately said that ballistic missiles are believed to have been launched from a southwestern region of North Korea toward the Sea of Japan.
According to the South Korean military, the missiles flew about 500 kilometers toward northeast and fell into high seas. The first of the two missiles was launched around 4 a.m. and the second around 4:20 a.m.
North Korea did not set a no-entry zone for aircraft or ships prior to the launch.
It is the first time in or after 2000 that North Korea has launched a missile from the Hwanghae region into the Sea of Japan, according to the military.
Credit to Japan News
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