North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea (West Sea) starting around 4 a.m. KST on Saturday, South Korea’s military has announced.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff have not revealed further details of the projectiles as of 9:45 a.m. KST, stating that South Korea and U.S. intelligence authorities are currently analyzing detailed specifications.

The launch of the missiles comes two days after the U.S. and South Korea wrapped up the Ulchi Freedom Shield large-scale military drills and conducted joint precision strike drills simulating a precision bombing of North Korean military targets.

As part of Thursday’s aerial drills staged