Security & Military

North Korea launched cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea

by TASS

Pyongyang launched two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a South Korean military official.

“We recorded that North Korea launched two cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea at dawn today from [the county of] Oncheon in the South Pyongan Province,” the official said.

As the agency pointed out, the cruise missile launch was the first since January. The ballistic missile test took place on June 5. On Tuesday, the South Korean and US armies began preliminary drilles to be followed by the Ulchi Freedom Shield maneuvers. Also on Wednesday, President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea held a press conference to mark his first hundred days in office.

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