9th file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a balcony during a celebration of the nation's 73rd anniversary in Pyongyang, North Korea.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched from central North Korea, and Japan's coast guard said they landed outside its exclusive economic zone in the waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula.Many experts say the weekend tests suggested North Korea is pushing to bolster its weapons arsenal amid a deadlock in nuclear diplomacy between Pyongyang and Washington.Wednesday's launches came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Seoul for meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and other senior officials to discuss the stalled nuclear negotiations with the North.North Korea still maintains a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests, a sign that it may not want to completely scuttle the nuclear negotiations with the United States