North Korea launches multiple ballistic missiles toward sea

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea Sunday, its neighbours said, just hours before South Korea's president leaves for China for talks expected to cover North Korea's nuclear programme.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected several ballistic missile launches from North Korea's capital region around 7:50 a.m. It said the missiles flew about 900 kilometres (560 miles) and that South Korea and U.S. authorities were analyzing details of the launches.