N’Korea launches 30 rockets into the sea – S’Korea

North Korea fired 30 short-range
rockets into the sea off the eastern
coast of the Korean peninsula early
Saturday, a South Korean defense
ministry official said.
The rockets have an estimated range of
60 km (37 miles), according to the
ministry.
North Korean officials did not send out a
navigational warning to ships before the
apparent test, the official said.
It marks the fourth known rocket test
by Pyongyang this month. The country
fired 25 short-range rockets into the
water earlier this week.
The launches have drawn criticism from
South Korea and the United States as
provocations by the North.
The U.S. and South Korea have been
conducting a joint annual military drill
since February, and North Korea has said
its missile tests are a justifiable
defensive reaction to them.