SEOUL: South Korea’s military said it was holding live-fire drills off its country’s east coast involving anti-ship missiles and jet fighters after North Korea conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test condemned by Seoul and Washington.
The joint naval and air force exercise involves some 20 warships as well as an unspecified number of jet fighters, Seoul’s defence ministry deputy spokesman Na Seung-yong told reporters.
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