North Korea Tests Cruise Missiles, US-ROK Carry Out Joint Exercises

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) responded to the statement by North Korean state media saying that much of the statement was "exaggerated and different from facts".

PYONGYANG - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a cruise missile test on board the country's "Patrol Ship No. 661" Amnok-class corvette, which state media says successfully hit its target without error, as the US and South Korea hold joint exercises. 

The statement said that the patrol ship staged a drill launching strategic cruise missiles, "aimed…