North Korea fires ballistic missiles towards South Korea; Seoul flags ‘UN violations’

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang continued its weapons testing amid heightened tensions and a prolonged freeze in diplomatic engagement.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched from an area near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Japan’s Defence Ministry detected at least two missiles and assessed that they had landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.South Korea’s presidential office condemned the repeated launches, saying they violated United Nations Security Council resolutions and urging Pyongyang to stop such activities immediately.The latest launches came days after South Korea flight-tested its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon on Friday.