N Korea Fires 7 Missiles into Sea
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North Korea fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the sea off its east coast in an operation supervised by leader Kim Jong-Un amid heightened military tensions, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.
The exercise came at a time of elevated tensions with North Korea's condemnation of annual US-South Korea military drills that Pyongyang viewed as rehearsals for invasion.
"We see this as another show of force by the North related to the exercises," the spokesman declared.
One of the joint drills, Key Resolve, wound up Friday, but the other, Foal Eagle, is set to continue until April 24.
The annual exercises always triggered a surge in military tensions between the two Koreas, who remain technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty.
North Korea signaled its displeasure when this year's drills began by firing two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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