North Korea fires missiles as U.S.-South Korea drills begin

In a show of defiance, North Korea launched several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, hours after the U.S. and South Korea began their annual military drills. This marks North Korea’s fifth missile launch this year.

The missiles were fired from the Hwanghae province, with South Korea enhancing its surveillance and coordinating closely with the U.S. The U.S.-South Korea Freedom Shield exercise, which began earlier, is seen by…