Tensions soar on Korean peninsula as Pyongyang tests more missiles, flies warplanes near border

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Tensions soar on Korean peninsula as Pyongyang tests more missiles, flies warplanes near border

Hours after its sixth ballistic missile launch in less than two weeks, North Korea flew a dozen warplanes near its border with South Korea on Thursday, prompting Seoul to scramble 30 military fighter jets and sending soaring tensions on the peninsula even higher amid fears that Pyongyang may soon test a nuclear weapon.