SEOUL, June 7 — North Korea test-fired short-range missiles off its west coast today, drawing an annoyed reaction from the United States and a dismissive one from South Korea.
“This kind of activity is not constructive,” said Gordon Johndroe, a national-security spokesman for the Bush Administration. “The United States and our allies believe that North Korea should refrain from testing missiles. North Korea should focus on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
But the spokesman for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the tests were conducted as part of the North’s regular annual military exercises and were similar to tests conducted in late May to little notice.
The South Korean spokesman declined to give further details about the tests, like the number or type of missiles fired. The national Yonhap news agency reported, citing a military source it did not name, that two antiship missiles with a range of about 63 miles were fired into the sea.
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