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N. Korea fires five rockets into East Sea

Latest provocative display comes just minutes before Pope Francis’ arrival

North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) Thursday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said to South Korean media.

The North Korean military launched three rockets from a location near Wonsan, Kangwon Province, on the east coast at 9:30, 9:40 and 9:55 a.m. Korea Standard Time. The projectiles flew to a range of 220 kilometers (137 miles) and fell into the sea.

North Korea fired two more projectiles, also presumed to be 300mm rockets, from the same location at 12:56 and 1:05 p.m., Yonhap News Agency reported.

JCS spokesman Um Hyo-sik told reporters that