North Korea Fires Several Ballistic Missiles After the USA and South Korea Began Military Drills

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea's military said, hours after South Korean and American troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

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South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea's fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North's southwestern Hwanghae province. It called the weapons close-range but didn't say how far they flew. The military said South Korea bolstered its surveillance posture and is closely coordinating with the United States.