North Korea has fired multiple missiles off its west coast, as the United States and South Korea kicked off annual joint military drills, Seoul’s military said.
The missiles, fired from North Korea’s western region toward the Yellow Sea, were believed to be close-range ballistic missiles, a South Korean defense ministry official said on March 10.
They were sent at around 1:50 p.m. local time, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a text message sent to reporters.
North Korean state media slammed the drills by the United States and U.S. ally South Korea, which are currently starting, saying they would escalate to conflict….