North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward Japan, South Korean military officials confirmed Saturday morning.
Preliminary results showed that the three missiles were fired from China County in the northern Huangheh province. Earlier, Japanese media reported that the missiles fell out of Japan's special economic zone. South Korean military officials said the missiles flew about 350 km before the collapse, adding that they found about 8am local time when they were about 60 km south of Pyongyang. -The launch of the week came into action a few hours after South Korea's successful trial flight of a solid propulsion space launch vehicle, which is part of a major effort to strengthen Seoul's space-based surveillance capabilities.
Japan issued alerts to some citizens to take cover.
South Korean military recently indicated that it was in response to five drones violating the latest Slate Seoul's airspace for military exercises, and is said to Belong to North Korea.
These four drones flew near the Island of Gangwado, while the other crossed the airspace along the Metropolitan area of Seoul.
