SEOUL/TOKYO - North Korea fired a missile its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, days after it unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal. Japan's Defence Ministry said the North appears to have used a ballistic missile,

Lieutenant General Xavier Brunson's warning follows the release of photos appearing to confirm a second uranium enrichment site.

New details about North Korea’s nuclear bomb-building activity have stoked fears that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un could supply nations pursuing illicit weapons programs.

North Korea launched several ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, the isolated regime's second launch in less than a week as tensions ramp up on the Korean Peninsula.

By Hyonhee Shin and Kantaro Komiya SEOUL/TOKYO -North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday that landed in the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, days after Pyongyang unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile in what would be it second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program.