North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea/Photo: AP

SEOUL: North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday in what some analysts in Seoul say could be a veiled threat against the U.S. strategic nuclear submarine that docked in South Korea’s port city hours earlier.