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We begin with the news that North Korea fired four short-range missiles into the East Sea...
on Thursday evening. Pyongyang's latest missile launch is believed
to be in response to Seoul's annual military drills with Washington.
Park Ji-won has our top story. Korea's Defense Ministry has confirmed...
that North Korea fired off four projectiles,... which are believed to have been Scud ballistic
missiles, at 5:42 Thursday evening. The four short-range missiles were launched
from North Korea's southeastern coast,... in an area called Gitdaeryeong ... into the
East Sea in a northeasterly direction. Gitdaeryeong is a mountainous region... with
a missile launching pad, and is located some 40 kilometers south of the North Korean port
city of Wonsan,... North Korea's strategic and military foothold.
South Korean defense ministry officials say the missiles are believed to have a range
of some 2-hundred kilometers. The ministry believes,... the missile launch
was in response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drills on the Korean peninsula.
It added that South Korean military forces are prepared for any possible provocation
from the North. Meanwhile, Korea's YTN reported, citing government
officials,... that North Korea also fired off four projectiles from North Korea's eastern
coast,... north of Wonsan,... into the East Sea in a northeasterly direction last Friday,...
during the second day of the inter-Korean family reunions.
The projectiles were believed to have a range of some 1-hundred-50 to 60 kilometers.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.