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N. Korea fires three short-range missiles

June 14, 2015 - 20:48 By Korea Herald
North Korea fired three KN-01 short-range missiles into the East Sea on Sunday, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the communist state fired three missiles between 4:21 p.m. and 4:47 p.m. from near Wonsan toward Mayangdo Island. The missiles traveled some 100 kilometers, it said.

The North test-fired the same type of missiles in February and May.

The provocative move came a day after the two Koreas planned to mark the June 15 inter-Korean declaration announced after a bilateral summit in 2000.

By Song Sang-ho (sshluck@heraldcorp.com)