A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on Wednesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP Seoul, South Korea AP —

North Korea performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months Wednesday, days before US President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.

South Korea’s military said it detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles that were launched from an area south of Pyongyang and flew about 350 kilometers (220 miles) toward the northeast. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t release more specific flight details but said the missiles didn’t land in the sea.

The Joint Chiefs added that the South’s military remains ready to repel any provocations by North Korea based on its so

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