North Korea launches 10 ballistic missiles as US and South Korea continue joint military drills

North Korea fired 10 ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday evening, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missiles were reportedly launched shortly after 5 p.m. local time, and originated from the “Pyongyang area.” The launches come amid a rise in tensions between North and South Korea as t

Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-un North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after North Korea shrugged off Trump’s order to scale back mi

North Korea launches 10 ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end  Reuters

The North Korean missile appeared to have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone in the sea, Japanese media reported.