North Korea Fires Several Cruise Missiles into Yellow Sea between China, Korean Peninsula

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North Korea has fired “several cruise missiles" into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday. The launches, which the military said took place around 4 am (1900 GMT), come as relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points ever. “South Korean and US intelligence authorities were analysing the launches while monitoring signs of additional activities," the JCS said. North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on its opposite coast toward Japan just three days earlier. The recent weapons tests are the latest in a...