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                      NKorea Fires More Missiles Into Sea

   North Korea continued Tuesday launching short-range missiles into the
   ocean, as part of what Seoul says is a protest against U.S.-South
   Korean military drills.
   The South Korean Defense Ministry says the North fired three artillery
   shells about 55 kilometers using a multiple rocket launcher off its
   southeast coast early Tuesday. Later, it fired four more rockets that
   traveled about 155 kilometers.
   Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok called the launches, which
   began last week, a provocation meant to coincide with the annual Key
   Resolve military exercise.
   "North Korea intentionally is showing an armed force demonstration as a
   threat against the Key Resolve exercise with its various range of
   missile launching methods. Our military forces are closely monitoring
   North Korea`s additional launch and its military actions with our
   combined information systems between the United States and South
   Korea."
   Last Thursday, North Korea also launched two slightly longer-range Scud
   missiles. It fired two more Scuds on Monday.
   The United States condemned the launches as violations of U.N.
   resolutions prohibiting Pyongyang`s ballistic missile program.
   Such launches are not uncommon in North Korea, especially during
   U.S.-South Korean military drills, which Pyongyang views as preparation
   to invade.
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