A man watches a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/ Heo Ran TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
CONFLICT
North Korea Launches Three Short Range Ballistic Missiles
At approximately 1808 EST, South Korean and Japanese officials began reporting that North Korea had launched three projectiles into the Sea of Japan. By 1854 EST , Japanese Prime Minister Kishida confirmed that all three missiles had landed and posed no threat to the Japanese mainland, its EEZ, or civilian and military vessels.