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‘Inappropriate act’: North Korea test fires two short-range missiles

By Zach Halaschak
Published March 21, 2020 3:30am ET
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‘Inappropriate act’: North Korea test fires two short-range missiles
A television screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, March 21, 2020. North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea's military said, as it continues to expand military capabilities amid deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and a crippling global health crisis. | (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

North Korea is still test-firing ballistic missiles as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.

South Korea said that the hermit nation fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast early Saturday morning local time. The missiles reportedly went more than 250 miles and peaked at about 30 miles high.

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