North Korea launches more missiles as Kim sister warns Pacific could become ‘firing range’

Kim Yo-jong blames escalation on US forces in the region, as head of South Korea's ruling party calls for Seoul to have its own nuclear deterrent

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, South Korea's military said, as the powerful sister of the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, warned the nuclear-armed state could turn the Pacific into a firing range".

The tests prompted the head of the ruling party in South Korea to warn that continued provocations by Pyongyang would only strengthen calls for the South to develop its own nuclear deterrent - a move that would dramatically raise tensions on the peninsula.