North Korea test-fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.

Why It Matters

The reported missile test comes days before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to visit South Korea for a regional conference.

North Korea's missile and nuclear programs are a major source of tension with the United States but the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, has ruled out denuclearization, instead calling for rapid expansion of the atomic arsenal in the face of what he sees as threats from the U.S. and its Asian allies, South Korea and Japan.

What To Know

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a brief statement that the launches had been detected in a northeastward direction from North Korea's southern

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