North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, Japanese officials said Thursday.
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's rocket with the test satellite during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. The North fired another missile hours before South Korean and Japanese leaders were to meet Thursday.
The South Korean military said the missile was fired toward the East Sea. The launch came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kishida were slated to meet in Tokyo to discuss various issues, including It also came amid the ongoing South Korea-U.S. Freedom Shield exercise, which the North has decried as"preparations for a war of aggression" against it, South Korean Yonhap news agency reported.
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