Kim Jong UnOn Monday, fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast amid rising tensions with the US and South Korea.

What happened: South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the missiles fired from North Hwanghae ProvinceShe flew about 370 kilometers.

The Japanese government, which confirmed the launch, said both missiles appeared to have it landed outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.

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The latest in a string of recent missile launches came ahead of the scheduled arrival of one of the world’s largest warships. USS Nimitz, and his accompanying strike force at a South Korean naval base in Busan on Tuesday. South Korea’s defense ministry said the aircraft carrier would do it conduct joint maritime exercises with Seoul’s army on Monday off the south coast of the Korean Peninsula.

Seoul has “strongly condemned” the North Korean missile launch. serious provocation violated United Nations Security Council resolutions and demanded an immediate stop.

The Japanese government also lodged a “strong protest” and said Pyongyang’s missile launches threaten security and peace of the country, the region and the international community.

South Korea said the planned USS Nimitz visit – the first since the USS Ronald Reagan visit in September – was arranged as part of an effort to have more US ‘strategic assets’ in region to deter Kim.

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