North Korea launches multiple cruise missiles into the sea, Seoul says

South Korea’s navy says it has detected North Korea firing a number of cruise missiles into waters off its northeastern coast in its fifth check of such weapons since January.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Employees on Wednesday did not instantly present the precise numbers of missiles fired or how far they flew. It added that each South Korea and U.S. intelligence companies have been “conducting an in depth evaluation.”

The launches have been North Korea’s sixth missile-launch occasion this yr, additionally together with a Jan. 14 check of the nation’s first solid-fuel intermediate-range missile.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest level in years after North Korean chief Kim Jong Un accelerated his weapons demonstrations to a file tempo and issued provocative threats of nuclear battle with South Korea and america.