North Korea launched eight short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday, the South Korean military said, a day after South Korea and the United States ended joint drills involving a U.S. aircraft carrier in international waters off Okinawa, southern Japan.Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said North Korea had fired at least six ballistic missiles from more than three locations on the country's east and west coasts as well as inland, and they traveled 300 to 400 kilometers eastward.Kishi said the projectiles achieved maximum altitudes of 50 to 100 km and more than one…READ FULL ARTICLE
