it s 10am in singapore, and 10pm in seoul, where the south korean military says that north korea has fired four projectiles into the east sea, also known as the sea of japan. it said the projectiles were launched from the tongchang ri region, an area near the border with china, where a missile base is located. the missiles flew about 620 miles. for the latest, we go to seoul. steve, why have they done this? several reasons. firstly, they are testing technology. there is a ritual going on at the moment. firstly, there are big us south korea military exercises starting now. they start every year at about this time. every year, north korea says this is a preparation for invasion. we view that very gravely. and they loose off missiles to make a statement. but secondly, they are testing technology. there were a series of launches, quite frequent launches, last year, many of which we re launches, last year, many of which were duds. they are clearly trying to get this thing right.
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