North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military is quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency.

The launch was made from the Hodo peninsula on Wednesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) told the agency.

The missiles flew 250km (155 miles) and reached a height of 30km before landing in the Sea of Japan, JCS added.

North Korea has so far made no comments on the issue.

Japan's Ministry of Defence said that no ballistic missiles had reached its territory.

JCS said Wednesday's missiles were a "different type from previous models".

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