North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles Towards Japan After New U.N. Sanctions Have Been Imposed

Reuters: North Korea fires projectiles after new U.N. sanctions

North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after the U.N. Security Council voted to impose tough new sanctions on the isolated state and the South Korean president vowed to end Pyongyang's "tyranny."

The firing escalated tensions on the Korean peninsula, which have been high since North Korea recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, and set the South's military on a heightened alert.

South Korea's Defence Ministry said it was trying to determine if the projectiles, launched at 10 a.m. (8.00 p.m. ET) from the North's east coast, were short-range missiles or artillery fire.

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