SEOUL, March 3 (Reuters) - North Korea fired several short-range projectiles on Thursday, South Korea's defence ministry said, hours after the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose fresh sanctions on the isolated state.

South Korea's military was trying to determine if the projectiles launched were short-range missiles or artillery fire, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.

(Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Paul Tait)

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