South Korea's military says North Korea has test-fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile toward the sea. 7NEWS
North Korea has fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast, a day after South Korea and the United States wrapped up their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years.
He met his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, Kim Gunn and Takehiro Funakoshi, on Friday to prepare for "all contingencies" amid signs North Korea was preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017. In recent weeks, North Korea has test-fired a range of missiles, including its largest intercontinental ballistic missile .
On Saturday, South Korean and American ships concluded three days of drills in international waters off the Japanese island of Okinawa, including air defence, anti-ship, anti-submarine, and maritime interdiction operations, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
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