North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles, Slams US-South Korea Military Drills
Updated 9:05pm EDT North Korea launched a fresh round of ballistic missiles into the sea early Tuesday and warned it could take a “new road” in response to U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began this week. The North fired two short-range ballistic missiles from South Hwanghae Province in the western part of the country, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The missiles traveled about 450 kilometers and reached a height of about 37 kilometers, it added. U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials say the missiles appear to be similar to the short-range ballistic missiles launched by …