'South Korea won't seek own nuclear deterrent'

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Wednesday his government had no plan to pursue its own nuclear deterrent in the face of North Korea's growing nuclear weapons capabilities, even as Pyongyang fired two suspected cruise missiles toward the sea in its latest display of an expanding arsenal.

Yoon's call for the North to return to diplomacy aimed at exchanging denuclearization steps for economic benefits came hours after the South's military detected that Pyongyang fired the missiles from the western coastal town of Onchon toward the sea. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't immediately release more details, including how far the weapons traveled.