MILITARY● ELEVATEDAug 11 · Aug 11, 2026, 10:53 PM
North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile, Japan says
South China Morning Post
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast towards Japan early on Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, days before the planned start of massive US-South Korea joint drills. The 11-day exercises due to begin on Monday are a regular fixture of the summer calendar, designed to steel the United States and South Korea for defence against the nuclear-armed North. Pyongyang calls them rehearsals for an invasion and has staged missile launches before and after them in the past. “Our military...
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