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North Korea fires 2 more short-range missiles

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 3 (UPI) -- North Korea fired two missiles into the sea Monday as its latest reaction to South Korea-U.S. military drills, the South Korean Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said one missile was fired from the Gitdaeryeong area and the other from Wonsan, both on North Korea's southeastern coast, and landed in the sea, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

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"The missiles are evaluated to have flown over 500 kilometers [more than 300 miles]," ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a briefing, adding they were believed to be of the Scud-C type.

Last Thursday, Pyongyang fired four Scud missiles from the same area to the northeast.

The latest missile launch came as South Korea and the United States conducted their annual joint military exercises condemned by the North as a rehearsal for an invasion of the communist nation.

"North Korea is taking a two-faced approach, showing the reconciliatory peace gesture on the surface, while launching provocations on the other hand," Kim said. "We sound a serious warning to North Korea, urging it to stop provocations."

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