North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Monday afternoon, Seoul's military said, on the first day of a large-scale joint U.S-South Korea military exercise on the Peninsula.

North Korean officials warned the latest training risks triggering “physical conflict” on the Korean Peninsula.

The United States stations tens of thousands of US soldiers in South Korea, and the allies regularly stage joint drills, which they describe as defensive in nature.

North Korea condemned combined South Korea-US military exercises that began on Monday as a “dangerous provocative act”, citing the risk of an accidental shooting sparking a physical

South Korea and the United States on Monday began a large-scale annual joint military exercise to strengthen their combined defense c

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

SEOUL: North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Monday (Mar 10), hours after condemning the South Korean and US militaries for launching drills that Pyongyang called a "dangerous provocative act" that risked accidentally sparking a confrontation.

North Korea on Monday condemned joint U.S.-South Korean military drills as a "provocative act," warning of the danger of sparking war with "an accidental single shot," days after Seoul's air force mistakenly bombed a village on its own territory.