North Korea fires two projectiles

Seoul: North Korea Saturday fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea afte vowing to remain the biggest “threat” to the United States and branding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as “toxin.” It was the latest in a series of short-range missile tests the nuclear-armed nation has carried out in recent weeks in protest against US-South Korean military exercises, which it sees as a rehearsal for invasion. The latest joint drill wrapped up on Tuesday. “The military detected two unidentified projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles,” South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff in a statement Saturday after the latest launch. The missiles flew about 380 kilometres and reached an altitude of 97 kilometres at a top speed of Mach 6.5 before landing in the East Sea.