North Korea Conducts 3rd Ballistic Missile Launch This Week

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Thursday, Pyongyang's third such launch in less than a week and just hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris left South Korea, Seoul's military said.

The South's military said it detected the launch of "two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunchon area in South Pyongan province.”

"Our military has reinforced monitoring and surveillance and is maintaining utmost readiness in coordination with the US," Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

Japan's coast guard also confirmed a likely ballistic missile launch from North Korea, citing information from Tokyo's defense ministry.

Public broadcaster NHK said the projectile "appears to have fallen outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone,” citing unnamed sources from the defense ministry.