North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says

Kim Jong Un (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press

North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches from North Korea's capital region but gave no further details, such as how far the weapons flew. It said South Korea has strengthened its surveillance posture and maintains a firm readiness in close coordination with the United States and Japan.