North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military said on Tuesday. North Korea launched the missiles at about 7:30 am (2230 GMT Monday) from the western province of North Hwanghae,

North Korea on Tuesday test-launched several short-range ballistic missiles, neighboring South Korea and Japan said.

North Korea fired several short-range missiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, just hours before Americans were set to head to the polls for the U.S. presidential election.

North Korean military launched several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula. Japan reported the fall of one projectile, which could be a missile, in the Pacific Ocean,