N Korea fires cruise missiles, as US and Seoul prepare for drills

North Korea has conducted a wave of missile tests this year [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

North Korea has fired two cruise missiles into the sea, according to South Korean officials, in Pyongyang’s first weapons test since early last month.

“Early this morning, we detected that North Korea fired two cruise missiles into the West Sea from Onchon, South Pyongan province,” an unnamed military official told the Yonhap news agency on Wednesday.