N. Korea Military Test-Fire Short Range Missiles

[Purveyor]

North Korea's military fired short-range missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Friday, Yonhap reported, at a time of heightened tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test.

A single unit of the North's military test-fired the missiles presumed to be KN-02, estimated to have a range of about 120 kilometers (74 miles), the report said.

"The launch was seen as testing its capability for short-range missiles. It seemed to be conducted on a military-unit level, not at a national level," said a military source in Seoul cited by the South Korean news agency.

The South's defense ministry declined to confirm the report.

The tests came a day after North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a live-fire artillery drill near the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea, as the South's prime minister visited the flashpoint area.

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Source: Agence France Presse

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[Brother Buzz]

1. The 24/7 Pope stuff bumped the North Korea kerfuffle to the back pages

Can't have that, "look at me, look at me!"