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North Korea fires 23 missiles, one landing off South Korean coast for first time

The two officials condemned the launch and agreed to cooperate against North Korean threats, Park's office said in a statement. LAUNCHING MISSILES IN 'NEW WAYS' South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that because of the launches, some air routes over the sea between North Korea and Japan would be closed until Thursday morning. "Our military can never tolerate this kind of North Korea's provocative act, and will strictly and firmly respond under close South Korea-U.S. cooperation," JCS said in a news release.

A North Korean ballistic missile landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea's coast on Wednesday, the first time an apparent test had landed near the South's waters, prompting South Korea to issue rare air raid warnings and launch missiles in protest.

SEOUL (AFP): North Korea fired at least 10 missiles Wednesday (Nov 2), including one that landed close to South Korea's territorial waters and prompted a rare warning for people on an island to shelter in bunkers.

North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea's coast, which South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol described as "territorial encroachment" and Washington denounced as "reckless."