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Military● ElevatedSep 20 · Sep 20, 2026, 11:25 AM

North Korea fires 2 missiles in 3 hours amid tensions over US drills

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

North Korea launched two missiles off its ⁠eastern coast on Sunday, its ⁠second set of tests in roughly a ⁠week, days after Pyongyang accused the US of driving tensions on the Korean peninsula through a series of military drills. Just three hours after launching a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) towards the East Sea, or Sea of Japan, on Sunday afternoon, North Korea ‌fired another short-range ballistic missile, according to South Korea’s defence ministry. If the subsequent launch is...

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