The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 14, 2023 North Korea Fires Missiles as U.S. Holds New Round of War Games with South Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast. It was the second such test in three days and came as the U.S. and South Korea launched 11 days of war games in a major military exercise dubbed "Freedom Shield." .