Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the launches in a statement but couldn't immediately say how far the projectiles flew or whether the weapons were ballistic or rocket artillery.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the launches were made from the North's northeastern Hamgyong province on Saturday morning.

South Korean military officials didn't immediately say what the weapons were, how many were launched or how far they flew.

North Korea on Tuesday continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing unidentified projectiles twice into the sea.

It wasn’t immediately known exactly what North Korea fired or how far the projectiles flew.