North Korea fires two new ballistic missiles

Latest updates: People in Seoul watching a television news report on North Korea firing missiles off its east coast. — Reuters

Seoul: North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said, just days after Pyongyang announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system.

Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen sharply this year as Pyongyang has carried out an unprecedented blitz of weapons tests, including the launch of its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile ever last month.