People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19, 2026. North Korea test-fired multiple ballistic missiles on April 19, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a recent flurry of launches by the nuclear-armed state.
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North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday (April 19, 2026), its neighbors said, the North’s latest weapons testing activity this year.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches happened on Sunday (April 19, 2026) morning from the North’s eastern Sinpo area. It said South Korea has bolstered its surveillance posture and is closely exchanging information with the U.S. and Japan.
Published – April 19, 2026 06:36 am IST
