Seoul says the show of force was a response to North Korea’s testing of a Hwasongpho-19 ICBM last week South Korea launched a Hyunmoo-II ballistic missile on Thursday, the country’s media has reported, citing the military. Seoul said its latest live-fire exercise was a warning against any potential “provocation” by the North. The short-range ballistic missile hit a target in the Yellow Sea, which represented a North Korean launch pad in the exercise, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday,