N Korea test-fires three ballistic missiles

SEOUL: North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea said, in a new show of force as world leaders meet at the G20 summit in China.

The missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) from the North’s Hwangju county at around 0300 GMT, a spokesman for Seoul’s defence ministry said. The sabre-rattling follows the North’s submarine-launched ballistic missile test some two weeks ago.

"They are speculated to be Rodong missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometres and were fired without navigational warning to Japan," the spokesman said in a statement.