North Korea slammed military drills between South Korea, Japan, and the US, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defense "more intensively."

North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by

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North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".

North Korea launched the missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the general staff in Seoul as saying. The launch comes a week after North Korea launched what it said was a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile".