North Korea launched “multiple unidentified ballistic missiles” toward the Yellow Sea on Monday afternoon, according to the South Korean military, hours after the U.S. and ROK kicked off large-scale springtime joint exercises.

DPRK forces launched the missiles from an inland area of Hwanghae Province at around 1:50 p.m., Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated. 

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