North Korea fires third short-range missile: South

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired a third short-range missile on Thursday, a South Korean defense ministry spokesman said.

The spokesman said the missile was launched around 7:50 p.m. (1050 GMT) but gave no further details. Earlier the ministry said the North had fired two surface-to-ship missiles between 5:20 p.m. (0820 GMT) and 6 p.m. from its east coast.

(Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Alex Richardson)