North Korea defended its recent spate of missile launches as a “regular and planned self-defensive step” against threats from the U.S.
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early Sunday morning, Seoul officials said, as Pyongyang expressed defiance against the global backlash to itsThe missiles were fired between 1:48 a.m. and 1:58 a.m.
local time near the North’s east coastal city of Munchon, according to Seoul’s military. They hit estimated altitudes of roughly 56 miles, traveling about 217 miles before splashing into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, Seoul and Tokyo officials said.
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