The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is continuing to fire short-range missiles, bringing the total on Saturday to seven.
![A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090706/001ec94a1ee40bbb8e8501.jpg "A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]") |
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A North Korean mock Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]
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The latest, at around 5:40 p-m local time, was fired from the east coast base near Wonsan in Gangwon Province. Six other missiles were fired from the same area in the morning and afternoon. All 7 are estimated to have a range of 400 to 500 kilometers.
