South Korea's military has reported that North Korea launched a series of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from its east coast. The northern half of the Korean peninsula reportedly fired several short-range weapons,

The launch − the nuclear-armed North's first missile test since March − comes a week after Kim Jong Un's test-firing of a new warship weapons system. Experts warn that the North may be testing weapons for export to Russia for use against Ukraine.

North Korea has fired a flurry of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from its east coast, South Korea’s military has claimed. Several short-ranged weapons were reportedly shot from the northern half of the Korean peninsula in what Seoul called a potential test of weapons intended for export.