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Missile launches come as South Korean and US forces conclude joint navy workouts on Korean Peninsula.

North Korea has fired a number of cruise missiles in the direction of the ocean off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s navy mentioned.

The launches early on Saturday morning observe simply days after North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast in what it described as a simulated “nuclear strike” on targets in South Korea.

Particulars of the newest missile launches in the direction of the Yellow Sea at roughly 4am native time on Saturday (19:00 GMT on Friday) are being analysed by South Korean and United States intelligence authorities, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Workers mentioned in a press release.

The Joint Chiefs mentioned that South Korea’s navy was monitoring the scenario, in keeping with South Korea’s Yonhap Information Company.

“Our navy is sustaining a full readiness posture in shut cooperation with the USA,” the joint chiefs mentioned, in keeping with Yonhap.

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North Korea mentioned on Thursday that it had fired two short-range ballistic missiles in a simulated “scorched-earth” nuclear assault situation towards navy command centres and airfields in South Korea.

The simulation gave the impression to be a response to the 11-day Ulchi Freedom Defend navy drills between South Korean and the US forces – workouts that North Korea has lengthy claimed are rehearsals for a attainable future invasion of its territory by enemies in Seoul and Washington.

A minimum of one US long-range B-1B strategic bomber was flown above the Korean Peninsula through the navy workouts, which wrapped up on Friday the identical day that South Korea introduced sanctions on 5 North Korean people and one firm in response to Pyongyang’s launch of what it mentioned was an area rocket final month.

Regardless of United Nations resolutions prohibiting North Korea from launching and testing ballistic missiles of any vary, Pyongyang test-fired an unprecedented variety of missiles final yr and seems set to check as many or extra missiles this yr.