North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles just days after flying drones into South, Seoul says

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the North's eastern waters Saturday morning, South Korea's military said.

It's the first missile launch by North Korea in eight days, and comes five days after South Korea accused Pyongyang of flying five drones into South Korea's airspace for the first time since 2017.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected three short-range ballistic missiles launched from North Korea into the East Sea at about 8 a.m. local time Saturday.