PYONGYANG: North Korea on Monday condemned joint US-South Korean military drills as a "provocative act", warning of the danger of sparking war with "an accidental single shot," days after Seoul's air

The United States stations tens of thousands of US soldiers in South Korea, and the allies regularly stage joint drills, which they describe as defensive in nature.

South Korea and the United States on Monday began a large-scale annual joint military exercise to strengthen their combined defense c

Under UN Security Council Resolutions, North Korea is barred from staging any launches that use ballistic missile technology

North Korea condemned an upcoming U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise Friday, saying that "counteraction is inevitable" and warning that the allies would "pay dearly."

South Korea's military said that Pyongyang fired multiple ballistic missiles off the west coast, just hours after South Korea and the US kicked off their annual military drills.

North Korea criticised on Friday annual joint military drills planned by the United States and South Korea, saying it will worsen the situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media KCNA said.

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea after South Korean and U.S. troops began their large annual combined drills, Seoul said.

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

South Korea and the United States have begun their annual joint military exercises, but they paused live-fire training while Seoul investigates how two of its fighter jets mistakenly bombed a civilian