Air Force, Navy Hold Joint Drill Simulating Maritime Attack

The South Korean air force and navy held a joint live-fire exercise on Thursday in another response to North Korea's recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).

The exercise simulated a response to a maritime attack, officials said. The drill was held in the East Sea, known as the Sea of Japan by Tokyo.

Taking part were the destroyer Yang Munchun, frigate Chungbuk and 13 other warships as well as P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft,...