North Korea has fired projectiles into the sea off its east coast 

AUGUST 26, 20179:58AM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. AAP, AP and AFPNews Corp Australia Network SOUTH Korea says North Korea has fired several unidentified projectiles into the sea in what appears to be the latest weapons tests for the country that has been rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons and missile program. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were fired from an area from the North’s eastern coast and flew about 250 kilometers into the Sea of Japan. The “unidentified projectiles” were fired at 06:49am, 7.07am and 7.19am local time (7.49am, 8.07am and 8.19am AEST). The US military said North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles, with two of them failing in flight and the third blowing up “almost immediately.”