North Korea 'fires three ballistic missiles into sea'
North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, say US and S Korean officials.
The missiles were launched from the Hwangju region, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and flew about 500km (310 miles) to 600km.
The US said the first two were believed to be short-range Scuds while the third was presumed to be a mid-range Rodong.
It comes after the US and South Korea said they would deploy an anti-missile system to counter the North's threats.
The latest launches happened between 05:45 local time (20:45 GMT on Monday) and 06:40, the South's military said, in a statement quoted by the Yonhap news agency.
The US Strategic Command said it had tracked the launches, but that they had posed no risk to US interests.
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