World NewsNorth Korea launches another missile toward sea ahead of US-South Korean military drillsNorth Korea missile launchA TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. South Korea's military said it remains ready to repel any provocation by Pyongyang in cooperation with the United States. South Korea's national security council called North Korean ballistic missile launches “acts of provocation” and urged the North to halt them immediately. Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters that Japan strongly protested the North Korean launch through their embassies in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the North Korean capital Pyongyang in June for the first time in seven years.