North Korea has fired two medium-range ballistic missiles towards the Japan Sea.<br /><br />It is the country’s first launch in four years of the Rodong missiles that are capable of hitting Japan, and follows a series of short-range missiles fired over the last two months.<br /><br />The missiles were launched at the same time Japanese Prime Minister Shuinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye were sitting down with the US president in The Netherlands.<br /><br />They have discussed the need to work together on containing the nuclear threat posed by North Korea.<br /><br />The three leaders met on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in The Hague.<br /><br />After their meeting, Obama said the three countries had presented a united front against the threat post by North Korea’s arms programmes. <br /><br />The North Korean missile launch coincided with annual South Korean-US military drills and a memorial marking the fourth anniversary of the sinking of a South Korean navy ship, the Cheonan.<br /><br />Seoul blames North Korea for that attack, but Pyonyang has always denied any role.<br /><br />Japan and North Korea are set to resume high-level talks in Beijing at the end of this month.
