North Korea has fired multiple ballistic missiles, just hours after condemning joint drills by South Korea and the US. Pyongyang had earlier called the annual Freedom Shield military exercise a "dangerous provocative act",

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Monday, hours after condemning the South Korean and U.S. militaries for launching drills that Pyongyang called a "dangerous provocative act" that risked accidentally sparking a confrontation.

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its west coast on Monday, not long after warning of the risk of “physical conflict” over the US and South Korea kicking off their annual military drills.