North Korea fires missiles into sea as U.S. defence chief visits region


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  • Thursday, 09 Apr 2015

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter walks on his way to meet Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, 08 April 2015. REUTERS/Franck Robichon/Pool

OSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - North Korea has fired two surface-to-air missiles off its west coast, South Korea said on Thursday, with the latest in a string of short-range firings by the North coming shortly before the U.S. defence secretary arrived in the region.

The two short-range missiles were fired on Tuesday, South Korea's defence ministry said, and followed the launch on Friday of four short-range missiles off the west coast of North Korea.

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