The United States and South Korea hold a joint air exercise involving US strategic bombers, a day after North Korea fired a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a "sudden launching drill".

North Korea launched at least one long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korea military drills.

At least 500 people were evacuated on Friday after a massive blaze erupted in Guryong village, one of the last remaining slums in South Korea's capital Seoul, according to local fire officials. 

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol has threatened to pull out of a non-hostility pact signed between Seoul and Pyongyang after North Korean drones purportedly violated the South’s airspace.

North Korea has fired at least three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula, the South Korean military says.

North Korea has test-fired another ballistic missile, South Korea says, amid heightened tensions in the region.

North Korea fired multiple artillery shots into a maritime border zone after, South Korea said on Friday.