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N. Korea Launches More Ballistic Missiles, Slams Joint Military Drills

William Gallo

   SEOUL - Lee Juhyun in Seoul and Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb in
   Tokyo contributed to this report.

   North Korea launched a fresh round of ballistic missiles into the sea
   early Tuesday and warned it could take a "new road" in response to
   U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began this week.

   The North fired two short-range ballistic missiles from South Hwanghae
   province in the western part of the country, South Korea's Joint Chiefs
   of Staff said in a statement. The missiles traveled about 450
   kilometers and reached a height of about 37 kilometers, it added.

   North Korea has conducted four rounds of short-range ballistic missile
   launches in less than two weeks, raising doubts about working-level
   nuclear talks that U.S. officials had hoped would begin last month.

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