SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two "unidentified" projectiles into the sea on Thursday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, after warnings from Pyongyang over military exercises between Washington and Seoul next month. But last week, North Korea issued a warning over the military drills, which have been held for years and were scaled down to ease tensions with the nuclear-armed state. Tensions rose in May, during the standstill in negotiations between Trump and Kim, when North Korea fired short-range missiles for the first time since November 2017. Asked on Tuesday whether any meetings were scheduled with the North, Trump said: "No, we just have a very good relationship. "There was a little correspondence recently, very positive correspondence with North Korea."

Source: Philippine Star July 24, 2019 23:03 UTC