North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles off its west coast on Saturday in response to the United States-South Korea summer military drills. The multiple missile launches took place around 4 a.m. local time towards the Yellow Sea.
 
South Korea's military detected the launches early Saturday morning off the North's west coast, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. According to reports, the Kim Jong Un regime is not happy with the recent US-South Korean Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises and hence, justified its firing of the missiles. In a statement, the North Korean Military regarded military exercise drill as a rehearsal for invasion while the two allies maintained it to be for defensive purposes.