Seoul: North Korea Fires Short-Range Projectiles Into Sea

North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Thursday, South Korean officials said

A Man watchs a television broadcast reporting the North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 26, 2014. Chung Sung-jun/Getty Images

SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Thursday, South Korean officials said, just hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on the North in two decades for its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.

The firings also came shortly after South Korea’s National Assembly passed its first legislation on human rights in North Korea.

The North Korean projectiles, fired from the eastern coastal town of Wonsan, flew about 100 to 150 kilometers (60 to 90 miles) before landing in the sea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

It wasn’t immediately known exactly what North Korea fired, and the projectiles could be missiles, artillery or rockets, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said.

A North Korea's mock Scud-B missile (C) and other South Korean missiles are display at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 26, 2014. Ahn Young-joon/AP