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		</div><p>North Korea has fired five short-range projectiles into the sea, Seoul officials said, in a continuation of weapon launches it has carried out in an apparent response to ongoing South Korea-US military drills.</p>
<p>The projectiles launched from a site near the north-eastern city of Hamhung flew about 125 miles before landing in waters off North Korea&#8217;s east coast, South Korea&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.</p>
<p>The South Korean military was attempting to determine whether the projectiles were missiles, artillery or rockets.<br />
The firings came three days after Seoul said North Korea launched its first medium-range ballistic missile into the sea since early 2014, ignoring UN resolutions against such tests.</p>
<p>The firings appear to be North Korea&#8217;s response to annual springtime US-South Korean military exercises that it says are a rehearsal for an invasion.</p>
<p>In the past two weeks North Korea has fired several short-range missiles and artillery shells into the sea and threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Washington and Seoul.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s drills are the largest ever, and come after North Korea conducted a nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch earlier this year, leading the UN Security Council to impose its toughest sanctions on the country in two decades.</p>
<p>The US special representative for North Korean policy, Sung Kim, who is visiting Seoul, said on Monday that North Korea &#8220;should refrain from all provocative actions, including missile tests, which are clearly in violation of Security Council resolutions&#8221;.</p>
<p>On Sunday, North Korean state TV broadcast photos showing leader Kim Jong Un supervising landing and defensive drills.</p>
<p>The photos showed artillery blazing, navy ships landing as shells fell nearby, and soldiers running with the national flag. Their authenticity could not be verified.</p>
<p>Last week, state media said Mr Kim ordered tests of a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying such warheads.</p>
<p>He issued the orders while overseeing what state media called a successful simulated test of a re-entry vehicle aimed at returning a nuclear warhead to the atmosphere from space so it could hit its intended target.</p>
<p>The re-entry vehicle is considered one of the last major technologies North Korea must master to develop long-range missiles equipped with nuclear weapons capable of reaching the US mainland.</p>
<p>Analysts in South Korea said the medium-range missile launch last Friday may have been a test of the re-entry technology.<br />
South Korean defence officials say North Korea does not yet have functioning intercontinental ballistic missiles.</p>
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