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Seoul and London – North Korea triggered “multiple” ballistic missiles on Monday, according to the Chiefs of South Korean teams, since the war games between the United States and South Korea began nearby.
The missiles, which were “unidentified”, were fired from the province of Hwanghae from the north to approximately 1:50 pm local time, said the South Korean army. They were directed inland, towards the West Sea.
The South Korean army “surveillance has increased and maintaining the preparation position in close cooperation with the United States,” the joint bosses said.
A television screen shows a report of the North Korean missile launch with file image during a news program at the Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, March 10, 2025.
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The annual joint exercises of the South Korea, which are known as “Freedom Shield”, were scheduled to begin on Monday and run until March 21, according to the United States Army.
The training together with the South Korean soldiers will include urban combat, field hospital operations, field artillery exercises, air assault training and aerial defenses, said the army in A statement Mondays. It is also expected that Marines’ body of the United States participate in a joint assault exercise.
The US Army soldiers. UU. They prepare to cross the hanan river in a training field in Yeconcheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Monday, March 10, 2025.
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The North Korean Foreign Ministry described the planned exercises as “aggressive”, and officials tell the state media on Sunday that “the exercise of random strength of the United States will result in an aggravated security crisis.”
“This is a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation in the Korean Peninsula, which can trigger a physical conflict between the two parts by means of a single accidental shot, to the extreme point,” the ministry said in a statement to the new Central Korean agency on Sunday.
Somayeh Malekian of ABC News contributed to this report.
