North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news programme at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters on Monday morning, its neighbours said.

It comes days after the end of the South Korean-US military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.