South Korea had previously warned that the North would blow up the roads after Pyongyang accused Seoul of flying drones over the capital city. Tensions between the two Koreas have peaked over the North's over Pyongyang's continuation of missile tests and disclosure of a nuclear facility.
Kim used derisive language, calling South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol "an abnormal man" and threatened to use all available offensive measures. This came after Yoon Suk Yeol said the North Korean regime would fall if Kim attempted to use nuclear arms.
South Korea's defence minister Shin Won-sik condemned the launches and warned that Kim Jong Un's regime would meet its demise in case of a war. North Korea has accelerated its weapons development and nuclear threats toward growing cooperation between the US and its Asian allies.
North Korea fires ballistic missile: Japan said the missile landed in the water but did not immediately give a more exact landing location.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday held productive talks with North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un.
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