SEOUL: North Korea on Monday fired four short-range rockets or missiles into the sea off its east coast, just days after test-firing two medium-range missiles in defiance of UN sanctions, South Korea's military said.

An official with the Joint Chiefs of Staff said they were launched from near the eastern city of Hamhung just before 3:20 p.m. (0620 GMT) and landed in the East Sea (Sea of Japan).

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