North Korea Conducts 7th Missile Launch in Two Weeks Amid Drills

North Korea launched missiles towards its east on Sunday as the United States and South Korea completed a military exercise. The military action marks the country’s seventh launch in two weeks, the Associated Press reported, noting that two short-range ballistic missiles were fired. The test came just hours after the U.S. and South Korea completed two-day naval drills off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, the news outlet reported. The office of Japan’s prime minister issued an emergency alert on Saturday and announced on Twitter that North Korea had “launched a suspected ballistic missile.” [Emergency alert] North Korea has…