North Korea fires 2 rockets into East Sea

North Korea fired two short-range projectiles from its east coast on Wednesday, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, the latest in a series of rocket launches that came on the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to South Korea.
The rockets, presumed to be 300-millimeter multiple-rocket launcher KN-09 shells, were fired from a site near its eastern city of Wonsan in a northeastern direction, according to the JCS.
"They flew some 180 kilometers and seem to have landed in the North's territorial waters, not in international waters," a JCS officer said.
"It is yet to be confirmed if the North made a pre-announcement for civilian flights or vessels. We've just detected them with our military's surveillance equipment," he added.
Wednesday's firing is the 12th occasion the North has launched such short-range rockets. The North fired three from the same launcher last week from the east coast, and it also fired off two short-range missiles, presumed to be Scud-C, into the East Sea on Sunday, according to (Yonhap) news agency.