North Korea Launches 2 Missiles Toward Sea After US–South Korea Drills

North Korea Launches 2 Missiles Toward Sea After US–South Korea Drills
The U.S. carrier USS Ronald Reagan is escorted as it arrives in Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2022. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest of a recent barrage of weapons tests, a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula was inflaming regional tensions.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected two missile launches Sunday between 1:48 a.m. and 1:58 a.m. from the North’s eastern coastal city of Munchon. It added that South Korea’s military has boosted its surveillance posture and maintains a readiness in close coordination with the United States.