North Korea fires multiple projectiles - S Korean media
Both missiles reportedly travelled about 430km , reaching an altitude of 50km, before falling into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea.US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had an impromptu meeting in June at the demilitarised zone that divides the two KoreasThey come as Pyongyang voices anger over planned military exercises between South Korea and the US, an annual event which the allies have refused to cancel.
The North has warned the exercises could affect the resumption of denuclearisation talks, which US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said would likely start in July.North Korea crisis in 300 words Last year, Mr Kim said North Korea would stop nuclear testing and would no longer launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Nuclear activity appears to be continuing, however, and satellite images of North Korea's main nuclear site last month showed movement, suggesting the country could be reprocessing radioactive material into bomb fuel. Pyongyang also continues to demonstrate its abilities to develop new weapons despite strict economic sanctions.
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