North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off east coast, South Korea says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech earlier this month. The North first two ballistic missiles into the sea on Wednesday, according to the South Korean military (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP)

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North claimed to have tested a new missile in its first weapons test in six months.

The two ballistic missiles launched from a site in central North Korea flew toward the waters of the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Wednesday afternoon, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.