South Korean navy holds major live-fire drills in warning to North Korea

South Korea's navy held major live-fire drills today to warn the North against any provocations at sea, it said, two days after Pyongyang's biggest nuclear test to date. The drills, conducted in the East Sea of Japan, involved the 2,500-tonne frigate Gangwon, a 1,000-tonne patrol ship and 400-tonne guided-missile vessels, among others. 

The Navy said in a statement, if the enemy launches a provocation above water or under water, they will immediately hit back to bury them at sea. North Korea on Sunday triggered global alarm



with by far its most powerful atomic test to date, claiming it was a hydrogen bomb that could be mounted onto a long-range missile. 

Yesterday the South's military launched a volley of ballistic missiles simulating an attack on the North's nuclear test site. US President Donald Trump and South Korea's leader Moon Jae-In agreed during a phone call late yesterday to remove limits on the payload of the South's missiles, fixed at 500 kilograms according to a 2001 bilateral agreement.