News Desk04 January 2026, 07:24 AM ISTShare North Korea fired ballistic missiles early Sunday, hours before South Korean president's trip to China. Seoul & Japan confirm launch This picture taken on December 28, 2025 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 29, 2025 shows a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill in the West Sea of North Korea | AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNSSeoul: North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, Seoul's military said, its first launch of the year just hours before South Korea's leader heads to China for a summit. Sunday's launch follows a US military operation against Pyongyang's socialist ally Venezuela that snatched President Nicolas Maduro out of his country -- for decades a nightmare scenario for North Korea's leadership, which has long accused Washington of seeking to remove it from power.
