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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hyung-Jin Kim

North Korea fires ballistic missiles after calling US-South Korea-Japan military drills ‘provocative’

A South Korean news broadcast shows file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul, on 12 September 2026 - (AFP/Getty)

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea on Saturday, its neighbours said, a day after the US, South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military exercise that Pyongyang viewed as a provocation.

The short-range ballistic missile launches, the first in three weeks, came as North Korea continued its weapons displays after rebuffing US president Donald Trump’s decision to scale back a major military drill with South Korea in a goodwill gesture.

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