Seoul: North Korea fired around 10 artillery shells from its multiple rocket launcher system on Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after the South conducted joint air drills with

North Korea fired around 10 rockets using its multiple rocket launchers Thursday, the South's military said, a day after South Korea conducted joint air drills with the United States and Japan. The rockets were fired from the North's Sunan area near Pyongyang.

North Korea launched "more than a dozen" rockets on Thursday morning, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said. The rockets were launched at about 10 a.m. local time from the Sun'an area of North Korea's capital,

North Korea fired around 10 artillery shells from its multiple rocket launcher system Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after the South conducted joint air drills with the United States and Japan.

North Korea fired around 10 rounds from its multiple-launcher rocket systems, Seoul's military said Thursday, one day after South Korea held joint air drills with the United States and Japan.

South Korea's nominee for spy agency director said on Thursday he believed the United States would strike North Korea with nuclear weapons if Pyongyang launched a nuclear attack against South Korea. Lee Jong-seok made the comment during a nomination hearing in answer to a question if he believed Washington would strike the North and put Americans at risk from a country even if Pyongyang has deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles.

North Korea fired around 10 multiple launch rockets into the Yellow Sea on Thursday morning, a day after South Korea, the United States and Japan held joint air drills.

N orth Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells, according to South Korea. Local news outlet Chosun cites multiple Government sources, and reports that North Korea fired around