{"id":3243,"date":"2026-04-21T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:04:04","slug":"n-korea-fires-multiple-ballistic-missiles-toward-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3243","title":{"rendered":"N Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles toward sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, accelerating its missile launches amid Iran war tensions and \u200ctalk of possible meetings with the U.S. and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pyongyang&#8217;s intense missile activity &#8211; this was the fourth such launch this month and the seventh of the year &#8211; is meant to display its \u200cself-defence capabilities while gaining international leverage, some experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olamide, Wizkid - Kai! 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There are no publicly known plans for any meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee recently conveyed regret to the North for drone incursions from the South, receiving rare praise from Pyongyang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s missiles \u200cwere fired from near the city of Sinpo on North Korea&#8217;s east coast toward the sea around 6:10 a.m. and flew about 140 km, South Korea&#8217;s military said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan&#8217;s&nbsp;government posted on social media that the missiles were believed to have fallen near the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, and no incursion into Japan\u2019s exclusive economic zone had been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s presidential \u200bBlue House convened an emergency security meeting, calling the launches a provocation that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions, according to media reports. 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