ASIA: Report: NKorea fires 2 mid-range missiles
Sat Jul 4 13:41:38 EST 2009
SEOUL, July 4 AP - North Korea has fired two mid-range missiles off it eastern coast, a news report says.
Yonhap news agency's report says the launches on Saturday appeared to be of Scud missiles, quoting a South Korean government official it did not identify.
The official said the missiles were estimated to have a range of about 500km.
North Korea fired four short-range missiles off the east coast on Thursday.
Speculation has been high that the communist country might launch more missiles in coming days.
