(Last updated at 12:55 a.m. KST on Nov. 4, 2022 with JCS information on North Korean artillery fires.)

The U.S. and South Korean authorities will soon find out that it was a grave and “irreversible” mistake to extend major joint drills that were supposed to wrap up on Friday, a top North Korean military official warned on Thursday night.

And just around an hour later, North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea from Koksan, North Hwanghae Province, from around 9:35 to 9:49 p.m. KST, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

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