Tensions on the Korean Peninsula - TASS

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North Korea to boost tactical counterattack capabilities near border with South Korea

South Korea to be target for retaliation if its role in US military strategy grows — KCNA

North Korea says US prepares to use WMDs against it

North Korea launches projectile toward Sea of Japan — media

US security assistance to South Korea no longer free — Kim Jong Un’s sister

Kim Yo Jong pointed to US President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back the Ulchi Freedom Shield joint exercises taking place in South Korea

North Korea launches approximately 10 missiles toward Sea of Japan — South Korean military

The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that they "maintain vigilance for additional launches"

North Korean missile falls outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone in Sea of Japan

No damage to vessels has been reported

South Korea ranks as the world's fifth-strongest military power — president

Lee Jae Myung stated that the capabilities of the country's defense industry were considered the fourth-best in the world

Trump orders to scale down military drills with Seoul due to Pyongyang

The US leader noted that South Korea sends a hostile signal to North Korea

North Korea can deliver ‘death' blow in case of external threat — Foreign Ministry

First Deputy Foreign Minister Jang Kum-chol called South Korean nuclear submarine program "a serious challenge" to the security and maritime sovereignty of North Korea

South Korea calls on North Korea to cease missile launches

The presidential administration stated that the actions of Pyongyang "are a provocation that violates UN Security Council resolutions"

Missile launched by North Korea was short-range — Seoul

The launch took place from an area near the city of Wonsan

Seoul says North Korea launches unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan — agency

The South Korean military is analyzing the range and other flight data

North Korea conducts launch of suspected ballistic missile — media

Japan’s public broadcaster, citing sources in the Defense Ministry, reported that the missile fell outside the country’s exclusive economic zone