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S. Korea Fires Three Missiles In Retaliation Against N. Korean Launch

NORTH KOREA

South Korean fighter jets fired three aid-to-ground missiles into international waters north of the Northern Limit Line (LNN) in response to North Korean launch which violated the inter-Korean maritime boundary in the first such incident since the division of the peninsula.

  • South Korean Transport Ministry had earlier said that it temporarily closed some air routes after the North Korean missile drill, which President Yoon called "effectively a territorial invasion."

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