North Korea fires ‘several’ cruise missiles into sea, South says, amid soaring tensions

Launches come days after Pyongyang suggested docking of US submarine in South Korea could be grounds for nuclear attack

North Korea has fired several cruise missiles" into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean Peninsula, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff (JCS) says.

The launches, which the military said took place about 4am on Saturday (1900 GMT Friday), come as relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points ever and as Pyongyang remained silent about the fate of a US soldier who fled across the border on Tuesday.