Tensions are running high in the Korean Peninsula as North Korea continues a flurry of missile tests.

The totalitarian state has fired eight missiles in the past fortnight as the US, South Korea and Japan conduct joint military exercises.

Australian National University’s Dr Leonid Petrov told Laurel, Gary & Mark while missile launches aren’t new from North Korea, there’s some cause for concern.

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