North Korea fires ballistic missiles off eastern coast, Seoul says

South Korea said it boosted its surveillance posture and was closely exchanging information on the launches with the US and Japan.Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026North Korea has fired ballistic missiles towards the sea off its eastern coast, according to South Korea’s military.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that it detected several missiles launched from North Korea’s eastern coastal area of Wonsan about 5:20am on Saturday (20:20 GMT on Friday), which flew about 250 kilometres (155 miles). It added that it is closely exchanging information on the launches with the United States and Japan.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Korea divided: A sister’s long wait and a defector’s bid to save his motherlist 2 of 4South Korea court gives church leader two years in jail for briberylist 3 of 4Putin and Zelenskyy issue threats as strikes rock Ukraine, Russialist 4 of 4South Korea mulls ‘contributions’ in Strait of Hormuzend of listSouth Korea’s presidential National Security Office said it held an emergency security meeting with the Defence Ministry, the JCS and other relevant agencies following the launch.The US Pacific Command said North Korea’s launch event do...