North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Monday afternoon, Seoul's military said, on the first day of a large-scale joint U.S-South Korea military exercise on the Peninsula.

North Korean officials warned the latest training risks triggering “physical conflict” on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea unleashes deadly ballistic missile salvo into the sea as it makes chilling threats of conflict and US - South Korean troops go on high-alert during military drills