North Korea fires multiple suspected cruise missiles (update)

A man is watching a television news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Tuesday (April 14). North Korea fired several suspected cruise missiles towards the sea on Tuesday, according to the South's military, with analysts saying Pyongyang was demonstrating the breadth of its arsenal. - AFP

SEOUL: North Korea fired several suspected cruise missiles Tuesday (April 14) towards the sea, according to the South's military, with analysts saying Pyongyang was demonstrating the breadth of its arsenal.

The "multiple projectiles" fired from Munchon in the east of the country were believed to be "short-range cruise missiles", the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.