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North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles towards Sea of Japan

A North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched in this undated photo released In November 2022 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency [KCNA via Reuters]

North Korea has fired three short-range ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, the latest launches in a year that has seen an unprecedented barrage of missile tests by an increasingly belligerent Pyongyang.

Japan’s Ministry of Defence said the first ballistic missile was fired on Saturday morning shortly after 08:00am local time (23:00 GMT), the second was launched at approximately 08:14am (23:14 GMT), and a third missile took off a minute later.

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