North Korea threatens to turn Pacific into 'firing range'

BY A STAFF REPORTER: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, south Korea's military said on Monday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister has threatened to turn the Pacific Ocean into a "firing range". Japan's Coast Guard said North Korea had launched three missiles. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong, warned in a statement about increasing the presence of U.S. strategic assets on the Korean Peninsula following bilateral air exercises with South Korea and Japan. "We are carefully examining the impact this will have on the security of our state," he said in a statement. The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends on the action character of the US forces. '