SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its neighbors said, the fourth round this week of weapons launches that prompted quick, strong condemnation from its rivals.

In an unusually strong rebuke of North Korea's weapons programs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Pyongyang's "obsession" with nuclear weapons was deepening the suffering of its own people, and warned of an "overwhelming response" from the South Korean and United States militaries should such weapons be used.

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