{"id":162,"date":"2017-08-25T19:28:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/?p=162"},"modified":"2017-08-25T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:28:18","slug":"north-korea-has-fired-several-projectiles-into-sea-off-its-eastern-coast-the-south-korean-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/north-korea-has-fired-several-projectiles-into-sea-off-its-eastern-coast-the-south-korean-military-says\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea has fired &#8220;several projectiles&#8221; into sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean military says."},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"gmail-story-body__introduction\" style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.375;margin:28px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"font-size:1rem;font-weight:normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dprkMissile.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"300\"><br \/>\u200bThe missiles were launched from a site in the DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea \/ North Korean) province of Gangwon and flew for about\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">155 miles<\/span><span style=\"font-size:1rem;font-weight:normal\">\u00a0(<\/span><span style=\"font-size:1rem;font-weight:normal\">250km)<\/span><span style=\"font-size:1rem;font-weight:normal\">, according to officials in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:18px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\">DPRK has accelerated its missile testing program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:18px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\">Since firing an intercontinental ballistic weapon last month, Pyongyang has threatened to aim missiles at the US Pacific territory of Guam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:18px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\">The projectiles were launched at 06:49 on Saturday (21:49 GMT Friday), South Korea&#39;s Defence Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:18px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\">&quot;The military is keeping a tight surveillance over the North to cope with further provocations&quot;, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:18px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\">Thousands of US and South Korean troops are currently taking part in joint military drills, which are mainly largely computer-simulated exercises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-family:Helmet,Freesans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.375;margin:18px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline\">The BBC and Yonhap News Agency have contributed to this breaking story<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe missiles were launched from a site in the DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea \/ North Korean) province of Gangwon and flew for about\u00a0155 miles\u00a0(250km), according to officials in South Korea. 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