Seoul (AP): North Korea performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months on Wednesday, days before US President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.

South Korea's military detected multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles launched from an area south of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. It said the weapons flew about 350 kilometres (217 miles) each in a northeastern direction but did not say where they landed.

South Korea's military said it maintains a readiness to repel any provocations by North Korea based on the solid military alliance with the United States.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters that none of the North Korean missiles reached Japan's territorial waters or

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