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MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the sea to the west of the country, a South Korean news agency said Thursday.
If confirmed, this will be the second time the Communist state has launched a short-range missile into its coastal waters in a fortnight.
"We are confirming intelligence that North Korea fired several short-range missiles into the West Sea [Yellow Sea]," Yonhap news agency quoted an intelligence official as saying.
In late May, Japanese media said North Korea had launched several missiles towards the Sea of Japan, while South Korean intelligence reported only of one short-range missile, as part of Pyongyang's regular drills.
