North Korea launched more missiles into the sea before maneuvers by the United States and Seoul

The tension is increasing in the region after the weapons tests of the Pyongyang regime that even reached Japan.

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, the South Korean military said. It is the latest of many weapons tests carried out by Pyongyang this week, which have heightened tensions in the region.

According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, the projectiles traveled about 130 kilometers (80 miles) into waters west of North Korea.

An image of the South Korean and US military exercises that drew a response from Pyongyang.

The North Korean military launched dozens of missiles into the sea this week, including an intercontinental ballistic missile that triggered evacuation warnings over northern Japan, and conducted warplane flights inside its territory.

Pyongyang said its actions were an appropriate response to joint air drills by the United States and its southern neighbor, calling it a display of US “hysteria of military confrontation”.

North Korean missiles on a TV at Seoul train stations. AP Photo/ Ahn Young-joon.

Also on Saturday, the United States flew over South Korea with two supersonic B-1B bombers in the final stretch of the military exercises, in a show of force that seeks to intimidate the North in the face of increased weapons tests.

Source: AP

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