‘Annihilate the enemy’: North Korea confirms two missile launches

North Korea has confirmed it launched two missiles that it said were part of a drill designed to train military units to carry out missions at any time and “annihilate the enemy” if necessary.

State news agency KCNA on Wednesday described the launches as “demonstration drills”.

It said the two surface-to-surface tactical ballistic missiles were fired from near the west coast in South Hwanghae province, and flew some 611 kilometres (380 miles) across the country before hitting a target on a small island off its northeastern coast.