North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into the sea in latest weapons display

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Sunday, South Korea's military said, with the second flying more than 600 kilometres (370 miles). The launches came days after Pyongyang reasserted its status as a nuclear-armed state and rejected a United Nations resolution demanding it halt its nuclear activities. Read moreNorth Korea launches second set of short-range ballistic missiles in a week South Korea's military said the first missile was launched at around 3:00pm (06:00 GMT) from the Wonsan area and flew around 450 kilometres into the East Sea, a body of water also called the Sea of Japan. "Our military detected an additional short-range ballistic missile launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea towards the East Sea at around 5:50pm," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The second missile "flew more than 600 kilometres, and South Korean and US authorities are conducting a detailed analysis to determine its exact specifications", it said. The JCS said South Korea, the United States and Japan had been "tracking and sharing relevant developments from the initial stage of the launch". Japan lodged a "stern protest" with...