North Korea fires several cruise missiles

SEOUL, July 22 (AFP): North Korea has fired "several cruise missiles" into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported Saturday, citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The launch, which Yonhap said took place around 4 am, come as relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points ever.
"South Korean and US intelligence authorities were analyzing the launches," Yonhap reported.
The launches come only three days after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on its opposite coast toward Japan.
The recent missile launches are the latest in a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang, and come as Seoul and Washington ramp up defence cooperation in the face of soaring tensions with the North.
Diplomacy between Pyongyang and Seoul has stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ramping up weapons development, including tactical nukes.