North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in two days , South Korea tells news agency . The launch came as the United States and China were holding talks on a new round of sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program. `` The South Korean government , I suspect , will not be strongly condemnatory of this test because right now they are very , very keen to get the North Koreans to the negotiating table . '' Tensions in the region have eased since a peak last month .
North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in two days , South Korea tells news agency . The launch came as the United States and China were holding talks on a new round of sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program. Tensions in the region have eased since a peak last month .