Tensions rise on Korean Peninsula during largest Korea-US drill in years
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula as South Korea and the United States entered the second day of their biggest combined military exercise in years. Pyongyang's latest show of force - which came just two days after it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles - is an apparent protest against the 11-day Freedom Shield exercise which it views as a “rehearsal for invasion.”