North Korea’s Defence Minister criticised the U.S.-South Korea-Japan military drills, warning that North Korea could take “strong and reflective countermeasures from the standpoint of power” North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast Key points and original sources are listed below.

• North Korea’s Defence Minister criticised the U.S.-South Korea-Japan military drills, warning that North Korea could take “strong and reflective countermeasures from the standpoint of power”S1

• North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coastS2

• North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its east coast Saturday, a day after the US, South Korea and Japan wrapped up joint military exercises that Pyongyang views as a threat to its security.S3

• North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, its neighbors said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military drill that North Korea views as a security threat.S4