North Korea has fired a missile close to South Korean waters.
North Korea has fired a missile close to South Korean waters
The South Korean military revealed that at least 17 missiles had been fired from the North's eastern and western coasts on Wednesday (02.11.22) - with one landing near the sea border between the two countries.
It is the most missiles fired by the North in a single day and marks the first time that a ballistic missile has landed near the South's waters since the countries were divided in 1948.
Seoul has responded by launching missiles of its own.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said: "This is very unprecedented and we will never tolerate it."
One of the missiles landed around 35 miles outside the South's territorial waters, but south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) - a disputed maritime border.
It landed approximately 35 miles away from the city of Sokcho and 100 miles from the island of Ulleung, where air raid warnings were issued.
A county official said: "We heard the siren at around 8.55am and all of us in the building went down to the evacuation place in the basement.
"We stayed there until we came upstairs at around 9.15am after hearing that the projectile fell into the high seas."
The North has claimed that the missile launches are in response to large-scale military exercises currently taking place in both South Korea and the United States, which it describes as "aggressive and provocative".
Pyongyang has warned that they would pay "the most horrible price in history" if they continued the drills.