North Korea today fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea's military said.  This is the latest in a series of launches by Pyongyang.<br />'' <br />'' South Korea's presidential Blue House said it will hold a National Security Council meeting following the North's latest weapons test. The launch comes after Pyongyang made a scathing attack yesterday on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling him a diehard toxin following the US diplomat's comment that the US would continue the toughest sanctions on the North until the reclusive state denuclearises.<br />'' <br />'' The nuclear-armed state has carried out several short-range missile tests in recent weeks in protest against the US-South Korean military exercises, which it sees as a rehearsal for invasion.<br />'' <br />'' <br />''<br />