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| North Korea 'test-fires missiles' | North Korea 'test-fires missiles' |
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| North Korea has test-fired several short-range missiles off its western coast, the South Korean Yonhap news agency says. | North Korea has test-fired several short-range missiles off its western coast, the South Korean Yonhap news agency says. |
| Officials in South Korea say they are checking the report. | Officials in South Korea say they are checking the report. |
| If confirmed, the move comes a day after North Korea expelled most of the South Korean managers from a joint industrial park on the border. | If confirmed, the move comes a day after North Korea expelled most of the South Korean managers from a joint industrial park on the border. |
| That came after Seoul said it would link progress at the park with progress on the North's denuclearisation effort. | That came after Seoul said it would link progress at the park with progress on the North's denuclearisation effort. |
| Yonhap reported that North Korea launched missiles at 1030 local time (0130 GMT), quoting an unnamed government source. | Yonhap reported that North Korea launched missiles at 1030 local time (0130 GMT), quoting an unnamed government source. |
| The source said that the missiles were fired in the Yellow Sea. | The source said that the missiles were fired in the Yellow Sea. |
| Yonhap said that earlier this week Pyongyang had showed signs of preparations for testing missiles. | |
| It said North Korea had banned ships from sailing off the coastal city of Nampo, putting a Navy boat armed with anti-ship missiles on standby in the area. |