North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Wednesday, adding to a launch a day earlier, South Korea's military said, extending a series of tests that have strained hopes in Seoul for easing tensions.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said North Korea fired an additional unidentified missile at around 2:20 p.m. (0520 GMT) on Wednesday from the Wonsan area towards waters off its east coast.
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South Korea's presidential Blue House convened an emergency National Security Council meeting on Wednesday, calling the earlier launches a provocation that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions, according to media reports. It urged Pyongyang to end such tests.
The Japan Coast Guard said the latest missile fell into the sea about 10 minutes after launch. Tokyo said no missiles entered its territorial waters or exclusive economic zone.
Pyongyang's actions "threaten peace and security in the region and the international community," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said.
According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing military officials, the projectile launched on Tuesday was probably a ballistic missile that flew eastwards before showing signs of an abnormality in the early stage of flight and disappearing.
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The incidents mark North Korea's fourth, fifth and sixth ballistic missile launches this year, following two launches in January and a third in March.
