Seoul and Washington Launch 8 Missiles in Response to Pyongyang

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that Seoul and Washington launched 8 missiles in response to North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests, according to Yonhap news agency. The Joint Chiefs stated that the missiles, which were of the "ground-to-ground" type, were fired at various targets to demonstrate the ability of Seoul and Washington to thwart any potential attack from North Korea. They noted that the United States launched 7 missiles while South Korea fired one missile, with the missile launches occurring shortly after North Korea's release. North Korea had fired 8 short-range ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan early on Sunday, marking a total of 18 tests conducted since the beginning of this year.