North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said, North Korea's second launch in days and just hours before Americans vote for a new president.
The nuclear-armed North last week test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Kim Jong Un's first weapons test since being accused of sending soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine.
North Korea launched seven short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday morning, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said.
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The missile launch was earlier reported by the Japanese Coast Guard. The missiles splashed down outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.