Story highlights The reports come one day after the U.N. approved new sanctions on North Korea

The South Korean military is investigating

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) North Korea on Thursday fired six "short-range projectiles" that flew 100 to 150 kilometers (about 62 to 93 miles) off the Korean Peninsula, according to a press release from the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The objects traveled off the peninsula's east coast and the South Korean military is analyzing the situation, an official from the South Korean Defense Ministry said.

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The news came one day after the United Nations Security Council voted to impose a broad array of sanctions against North Korea because of that nation's recent nuclear test and missile launch -- both of which defied current international sanctions.

The U.N. resolution that brought about the sanctions aims to cripple the economic factors that fuel North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

According to Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the sanctions will:

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