South Korea conducts missile drills to simulate attack on North

South Korea on Monday fired a series of missiles into the Sea of Japan in response to North Korea's testing of what it claimed to be a hydrogen bomb on Sunday. The South Korean military said its bombing drills, conducted at dawn, involved having F-15 fighter jets practice dropping ballistic missiles on a North Korean nuclear test site "to send a strong warning to North Korea for its sixth nuclear test," The Washington Post reported. The South also said it believes the North is planning to launch more intercontinental ballistic missiles in the coming days, BBC reported.

South Korea's missile drills come after President Trump criticized the country for being soft on North Korea. He then said he would consider "stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea."

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