South Korean military, on Thursday (June 15) said that North Korea had fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, as per Reuters. This comes after North Korea condemned live fire drills South Korea is carrying out with the United States.

North Korea launched two missiles, says Japan, South Korea amid Seoul's live-fire drills with Washington

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in an exclusive interview with CNN on Wednesday said that North Korea is a 'clear and present danger.' This comes as Pyongyang tested intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable long-range multiple rocket launchers last week.

'Clear & present danger': S. Korean foreign minister says about N. Korea, US deterrence is the only hope

North Korea on Tuesday denied that US claims that it had arms dealings with Russia and said that it had no plans to do so. In a statement broadcast by the country's state agency KCNA, the nation said: "We once again make clear that we have never had 'arms dealings' with Russia and that we have no plan to do so in the future.

North Korea claims US persistently spreading a groundless 'rumour of arms dealings' between it and Russia

The North Korean military has described the recent US-South Korean military exercises as an "open provocation and dangerous war drill" and has threatened to respond to them with "sustained, resolute, and overwhelming" military actions.

North Korea calls South Korea-US military drills 'open provocation', threatens retaliation