US, SKorea hold drills after North's test

SEOUL: A United States aircraft carrier and its battle group launched drills with South Korean warships off the Korean Peninsula's east coast on Monday in their first such training in five years, a day after North Korea test-fired a short-range ballistic missile in a possible response to the exercise.

Pyongyang could conduct more tests in the coming days, as it views the US-South Korean military exercises as practice for an invasion and often reacts with displays of weapons designed to attack its rivals.