North Korea launched several cruise missiles on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, Pyongyang’s fifth such launch so far this year. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said North Korea fired an unspecified number of missiles on Wednesday morning towards the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan. Seoul said that, together with Washington, it was looking out for further signs of North Korean military activity. North Korea has tested cruise missiles, which it describes as strategic, on several occasions in recent years. The designation as a strategic weapon suggests that North Kore…