North Korea fires a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military says
North Korea has said that its most recent series of missile tests were show of force against joint South Korean and US military drills.
Earlier, South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets when a group of about 10 North Korean military aircraft flew close to the border dividing the two countries, amid heightened tensions over repeated North Korean missiles tests. The statement said the North Korean aircraft were detected flying about 25 km north of the Military Demarcation Line in the central region of the Korea border area and about 12 km north of the Northern Limit Line, a de facto inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea, between 10:30 pm on Thursday and 0:20 am on Friday .
"The KPA sends a stern warning to the South Korean military inciting military tension in the frontline area with reckless action," it added.
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