North Korea fired several missiles on Wednesday. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said they were launched from the Sondok area on the North's east coast towards the Sea of Japan, and that South Korean and US authorities were analysing the details.
It was Pyongyang's fourth weapons launch in a month, and came a day after North Korea rejected US accusations that it was behind the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The FBI had blamed a North Korean hacking group known as TraderTraitor.
Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said early on Wednesday that the FBI announcement was an extension of Washington's "invariable hostile policy" and ruled out talks until the US abandons it. "It is our clear stand that we have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons," she said.
North Korea has stepped up weapons testing this year, including a submarine-launched ballistic missile, hypersonic missiles and attack drones. On Tuesday it claimed to have tested a new cluster warhead for strategic cruise missiles. President Trump said in August he hoped to meet Kim Jong Un later this year.