North Korea fires projectiles after saying talks with South Korea are done

North Korea fired at least two projectiles into the sea off its east coast on Friday morning, the South Korean military said, not long after the country declared that it will no longer hold peace talks with South Korea.

Over the last month, North Korea has conducted several missile tests. South Korea said the projectiles fired on Friday reached an altitude of 18 miles and traveled 140 miles.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.