North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Thursday, the South Korean military said, less than an hour after Pyongyang warned of an “inevitable” response to military drills staged earlier in the day by South Korean and U.S. troops.
Japan’s Defence Ministry said the two ballistic missiles landed within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), possibly having flown in an irregular trajectory. One landed in the Sea of Japan about 110 kilometres northwest of Hegura island, part of Ishikawa prefecture, and the other about 250 kilometres away, Japanese authorities said.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the launches.
“The latest missile
