North Korea fired two more ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday (February 20), as the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un warned U.S. forces to halt military drills, saying the reclusive nuclear state could turn the Pacific into a "firing range," Reuters reports.
Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, warned against increased presence of U.S. strategic assets on the Korean peninsula after the United States held joint air drills with its Asian allies over the weekend.
The North's state-run television KRT confirmed it fired two projectiles from a multiple rocket launcher, aiming at targets 395 km (245 miles) and 337 km (209 miles) away, respectively.
The launches come just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea off Japan's west coast, prompting the United States to hold joint air exercises with South Korea and separately with Japan on Sunday (February 19).
