North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Off Coast [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports:

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, the country’s first ballistic missile test in six months and a violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban North Korea from conducting such tests.

Hours after the missiles were launched, South Korea announced that its president, Moon Jae-in, had just attended the test of the country’s first submarine-launched ballistic missile, making South Korea ​the seventh country in the world to operate S.L.B.M.s, after the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and India.

​The missile tests by both Koreas on the same day dramatically highlighted the intensifying arms race on the Korean Peninsula as nuclear disarmament talks between Washington and North Korea remained stalled.

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North Korea launched two ballistic missiles off its east coast. It was the country’s first ballistic missile test in six months and a violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions. https://t.co/w27vMGNV2d

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