North Korea fires projectiles after saying talks with South Korea are done

North Korea fired at least two projectiles into the sea off its east coast on Friday morning, the South Korean military said, not long after the country declared that it will no longer hold peace talks with South Korea.

Over the last month, North Korea has conducted several missile tests. South Korea said the projectiles fired on Friday reached an altitude of 18 miles and traveled 140 miles.

North Korea is angry over a speech South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered on Thursday, commemorating the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan. Moon said he wants to see the Korean peninsula united by 2045, and warned that denuclearization is at its "most critical juncture."

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In a statement, North Korea said Moon had no business talking about peace talks as his country conducts joint military drills with the United States. Pyongyang considers these drills, which started last week, a "rehearsal for war," North Korea said, adding that Moon is a "shameless man" and the breakdown of talks is "completely the fault of South Korea's actions."