North Korea Missiles Passed Near Chinese Passenger Jet

North Korea defended on Wednesday its recent missile firings as "ordinary military practice," as South Korea said Tuesday's volley passed above a Chinese passenger jet's route just minutes ahead of the airliner.

South Korean and U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea fired four Scud missiles into the sea last Thursday and two on Monday, as well as other short-range rockets on Tuesday. The firings of ballistic missiles breaches a United Nations test ban, but North Korea said Wednesday that the launches were a sovereign right.

—Carlos Tejada and Joanne Chiu contributed to this article.

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