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Josh Salisbury

North Korea fires missiles towards sea amid US warning over nukes

People watch a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Friday as the US military warned that any use of nuclear weapons would “result in the end of that regime”.

South Korea said it detected the launches from the North’s eastern coastal area of Tongchon around midday Friday.

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