North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the West Sea on Friday in an apparent saber-rattling against the ongoing Seoul-Washington military exercise, Yonhap cited South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying.
The North Korean military "launched four short-range projectiles presumed to have a range of some 140 kilometers into the West Sea in succession between 4:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. today from Dongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province," the JCS said in a brief statement.
Friday's firing "appears to be the North's provocations in opposition to the ongoing Seoul-Washington joint military exercise and civic groups' move to launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets," the JCS said.
The joint annual Foal Eagle field training exercise between South Korea and the US has been under way since March 2 as part of the allies' efforts to improve the combined forces' operation and combat capabilities to deter threats from the communist country. The drill is to run until April 24, with the allies also having staged their joint war game Key Resolve from March 2-13.