South Korea, U.S. start military drill, North Korea fires missiles

South Korea and the United States on Monday began a large-scale annual joint military exercise to strengthen their combined defense capabilities and counter the threat from North Korea, the first such drill since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January.Hours after the Freedom Shield exercise kicked off, North Korea fired what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea, the South Korean military said. The missiles were fired at around 1:50 p.m. from North Hwanghae Province in western North Korea and flew over the country's west coast.South Korea's Joint Ch…READ FULL ARTICLE