North Korea fires about 10 ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan

TOKYO - North Korea launched about 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, the South Korean military said, a move that came as South Korea and the United States have been conducting an annual joint military exercise.

The projectiles were launched eastward from the Sunan area near Pyongyang at around 1:20 p.m., according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Japanese Defense Ministry also detected missile launches, with the projectiles having apparently fallen outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.