SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched several ballistic missiles from its long-range rocket launch site on Monday morning, the South Korean military said. The launch prompted an urgent meeting of high-level South Korean security officials to discuss the latest provocation from the North. The missiles took off from Tongchang-ri, in northwest North Korea, and some flew 620 miles before falling into the sea between North Korea and Japan, the military said, providing no further details. Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn of South Korea called for a meeting of top security-related cabinet ministers to discuss the tests. The test involved Pukguksong-2, a new intermediate-range ballistic missile that the North said can carry a nuclear warhead.

Source: New York Times March 06, 2017 00:38 UTC