North Korea Fires Rockets as Joint U.S.-South Korean Maneuvers Begin

North Korea Fires Rockets as Joint U.S.-South Korean Maneuvers Begin, Authorities say North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea, in an apparent protest against joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises launched Monday.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted officials as saying the missiles fell into the East Sea 490 kilometers from the North Korean port city of Nampo.

South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the incident was considered "a deliberate provocation seen as an armed protest" as the North fired the missiles without designating a no-sail zone...Read More