The ballistic missile launches came days after Pyongyang had warned of "terrible consequences" over US-South Korea joint military drills. North Korea fired around 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. Seoul's military detected "around ten unidentified ballistic missiles launched from the Sunan area in North Korea toward the East Sea at around 1:20 p.m. (0420 GMT)," the JCS said in a statement. Joint military drills irk North KoreaThe missile launches came as the US and South Korea hold their annual springtime joint military drills, with thousands of troops taking part. Does Trump's North Korea strategy work?

Source: The North Africa Journal March 14, 2026 17:12 UTC