North Korea has fired two suspected short-range missiles less than a week after its leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test-firing of multiple rockets, South Korea’s military has announced. The projectiles were fired from the northwestern town of Sino-ri towards the east, according to a statement released by South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff. “You don’t know what missile it is just from how far it flew,” said Yang Uk, senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum. “But one thing is clear – there’s no doubt that it is a missile.” The two missiles were fired at about 4.30pm and 4.50pm local time (7.30am and 7.50am GMT) on Thursday and are believed to have flown around 420 km. A spokeswoman for South Korea’s presidential Blue House said the country’s national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, had closely monitored the situation via a video conference with the military. North Korea also tested fired several short-range missiles from its east coast into the ocean on Saturday, sharply raising tensions on the Korean peninsula. The country lashed out at the US and South Korea on Wednesday, saying its tests over the weekend were “regular and self-defensive” rather than provocative or hostile. South Korea responded by…