North Korea launches two more ‘short-range ballistic missiles’ into the sea
North Korea fired two speculated short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, South Korea's military says.
The launch is the seventh done since North Korea finished a 17-month break on testing toward the end of July.
The launch was managed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the state news organization KCNA later detailed.
The organization said it was a test of a "super-large multiple rocket launcher", which it said was "newly-developed".
Kim Jong-un called the gadget a "great weapon," displaying "high appreciation" for the team which had created and assembled it, KCNA said.
Military authorities said the projectiles were propelled at 06:45 and 07:02 local time (21:45 and 22:02 GMT Friday) from the eastern town of Sondok in South Hamgyong Province.
They said th...