North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles into sea

North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea 's military said. The missiles were launched at around 12:30 p.m. local time (0330 GMT) from an area near Wonsan on North Korea's eastern coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. South Korea's military said it was strengthening surveillance and maintaining readiness for additional launches while closely sharing information with the United States and Japan . Japan's Defense Ministry said the missiles had fallen outside the country's Exclusive Economic Zone, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.