With Tensions Rising North Korea Test-Fires Seven Surface-To-Air Missiles

The Guardian: North Korea fires volley of missiles into sea as South and US continue drills

Regime leader Kim Jong-un personally supervised show of force, says Seoul, with seven missiles coming down off east coast

North Korea fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the sea off its east coast on Thursday in an operation supervised by leader Kim Jong-un, the defence ministry in the South said, amid heightened tensions accompanying joint military exercises involving the US.

A ministry spokesman said Kim was understood to have been on hand when the missiles were fired early on Thursday evening from a site near the eastern town of Sondok.

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