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.
FILE PHOTO: A North Korea n flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea , in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea , February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
South Korea's military said the missiles were fired from North Korea's western region toward the Yellow Sea. The launch was the first reported ballistic missile test since US President Donald Trump took office in January. North Korea has typically called for US-South Korea joint exercises to be called off, branding them a prelude to an invasion.North Korea slams US 'provocations' over aircraft carrier visit to Busan
"This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation on the Korean peninsula, which may spark off a physical conflict between the two sides by means of an accidental single shot, to the extreme point," North Korea's foreign ministry said, according to state media outlet KCNA.Lee Young-su, chief of South Korea's Air Force, bowed in apology on Monday over the"unprecedented" accident last week in which two jets mistakenly bombed the village.
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