North Korea fires missiles hours after Trump announces Kim meeting

North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles hours after US President Donald Trump announced a meeting with Kim Jong Un. According to South Korea's military, more than 10 missiles were launched from the Pyongyang area towards the East Sea at around 5:00 pm, flying around 300 kilometres.

The launch was condemned by South Korea's presidential office, which called it a "grave act that violates U.N. Security Council resolutions" and urged North Korea to immediately halt such actions. The office convened an emergency security meeting attended by officials from the defence ministry and military authorities.

The missiles are believed to be 600 mm multiple rocket launchers, according to South Korean defence minister Ahn Gyu-back. The launch comes as South Korea and the US hold a shorter edition of their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises, which North Korea has long condemned as rehearsals for invasion.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch, Punch Nigeria, South China Morning Post, Business Recorder, Malay Mail — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.