SEOUL, March 2 (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, a South Korean military official said, a move seen as a protest against annual military exercises between South Korea and the United States that were due to start hours later.
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The United Nations has imposed sanctions banning North Korea from launching longer-range ballistic missiles but not short-range missiles. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Paul Tait)