Shocking: North Korea Triggers War Tension As It Fired Missiles Into Sea

North Korea has fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the sea, South Korea’s defence ministry says. It comes on the last day of an annual US-South Korea military exercise. BBC has more:

Leader Kim Jong-un was present during the launch on Thursday off the eastern coast, a ministry spokesman from the South said. The annual exercises, which Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion, are always a trigger for a surge in tensions between the two Koreas.



North Korea showed its opposition to this year’s drills by firing two short-range ballistic missiles when they began earlier this month. South Korea said the missiles fired on Friday were believed to be SA-2 or SA-3s, with a range of “dozens of kilometres”, as well as one SA-5 with a range of 200km (120 miles).

“We see this as another show of force by the North related to the exercises,” a spokesman told AFP news agency. There were no reports of tests in North Korean media.

One of the US-South Korean exercises, Key Resolve, ended on Friday while other, Foal Eagle, continues into April. The US and South Korea say they are for defence training purposes.