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North Korea: Air raid warning triggered after Pyongyang launches missiles N Korea fires missile south of maritime border
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File photo of a North Korean missile testFile photo of a North Korean missile test
North Korea has fired at least three ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, prompting a rare air raid warning to sound on a remote South Korean island. North Korea has fired a missile towards the South, which crossed the two countries' maritime border for the first time since the Korean War.
Residents in Ulleungdo were warned to seek shelter as the missiles were fired just before 09:00 (00:00 GMT). The short-range ballistic missile landed near the South Korean island of Ulleungdo, triggering the island's air-raid alarm.
It comes after Pyongyang had warned the US and South Korea to stop conducting joint military drills this week. Residents on the tiny island were told to evacuate and seek shelter.
It said it would follow-up with "powerful measures" otherwise. Pyongyang fired a total of three short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast around 09:00 (00:00 GMT).
South Korean authorities immediately condemned the launches. President Yoon Suk-yeol has called a National Security Cabinet meeting.
The missiles come a day after Pyongyang warned the US and South Korea to stop conducting joint military drills around the peninsula this week.
It had threatened to follow up with "powerful" measures.
Why is Kim Jong-un upping the pressure?
Both South Korean and Japanese authorities recorded the missiles on Wednesday morning, including the one which had breached the Northern Limit Line.
That missile had fallen in international waters, about 26km south of the maritime demarcation border, 57km east of the South Korean city of Sokcho and 168km north-west of Ulleungdo island.