Air raid sirens sounded on a South Korean island and residents there evacuated to underground shelters after North Korea fired about a dozen missiles in its direction Wednesday, at least one of them landing near the rivals바카라 게임 웹사이트� tense sea border. South Korea quickly responded by performing its own missile tests at the same border area.The launches came hours after North Korea threatened to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pay the most horrible price in history바카라 게임 웹사이트� as it intensified its fiery rhetoric targeting the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal.They also came a few hours after the White House pushed back against North Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s saber rattling, reiterating that the drills are part of a routine training schedule with South Korea.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We reject the notion that they serve as any sort of provocation. We have made clear that we have no hostile intent towards (North Korea) and call on them to engage in serious and sustained diplomacy,바카라 게임 웹사이트� White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said late Tuesday. North Korea 바카라 게임 웹사이트�continues to not respond. At the same time, we will continue to work closely with our allies and partners to limit the North바카라 게임 웹사이트�s ability to advance its unlawful weapons programs and threaten regional stability,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Watson said.The North바카라 게임 웹사이트�s barrage of missile tests also came as world attention was focused on South Korea following a weekend Halloween tragedy that saw more than 150 people killed in a crowd surge in Seoul in what was the country바카라 게임 웹사이트�s largest disaster in years.South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s military said North Korea launched more than 10 missiles of various kinds off its eastern and western coasts on Wednesday.One of the missiles 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a ballistic weapon 바카라 게임 웹사이트� was flying toward South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Ulleung island before it eventually landed 104 miles northwest of the island. South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s military subsequently issued an air raid alert on the island, according to the South바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Joint Chiefs of Staff. South Korean media published photos showing island residents moving to underground shelters.Hours later on Wednesday, South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s military said it lifted the air raid alert on the island.That missile landed 16 miles away from the rivals바카라 게임 웹사이트� sea border. The landing site is in international waters but far south of the extension of the nations바카라 게임 웹사이트� sea border. South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s military said it was the first time a North Korean missile had landed so close to the sea border since the countries바카라 게임 웹사이트� division in 1948.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is very unprecedented and we will never tolerate it,바카라 게임 웹사이트� South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a separate statement.In 2010, North Korea shelled a frontline South Korean island off the peninsula's western coast, killing four people. But the weapons used were artillery rockets, not ballistic missiles whose launches or tests are banned by multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.Later Wednesday, South Korean fighter jets launched three air-to-surface, precision-guided missiles near the eastern sea border to show its determination to get tough on North Korean provocations. South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s military said the missiles landed in international waters at the same distance of 16 miles north of the extension of the sea border as the North Korean missile fell earlier Wednesday.It said it maintains a readiness to win 바카라 게임 웹사이트�an overwhelming victory바카라 게임 웹사이트� against North Korea in potential clashes.바카라 게임 웹사이트�North Korea firing missiles in a way that sets off air raid sirens appears intended to threaten South Koreans to pressure their government to change policy,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�North Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s expanding military capabilities and tests are worrisome, but offering concessions about alliance cooperation or nuclear recognition would make matters worse.바카라 게임 웹사이트�South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Joint Chiefs of Staff earlier identified three of the North Korean weapons launched as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�short-range ballistic missiles바카라 게임 웹사이트� fired from the North바카라 게임 웹사이트�s eastern coastal town of Wonsan, including the one that landed near the sea border.North Korean short-range weapons are designed to strike key facilities in South Korea, including U.S. military bases there.In an emergency meeting with top security officials, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered officials to take swift unspecified steps to make North Korea face consequences for its provocation. He said he would consider the North Korean missile바카라 게임 웹사이트�s landing near the border 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a virtual violation of (our) territorial waters.바카라 게임 웹사이트�During the emergency South Korean meeting, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�participants lamented the provocations committed during our national mourning period and pointed out that this clearly showed the nature of the North Korean government,바카라 게임 웹사이트� according to South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s presidential office.Earlier Wednesday, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters that at least two ballistic missiles fired by North Korea showed a possibly 바카라 게임 웹사이트�irregular바카라 게임 웹사이트� trajectory. This suggests the missiles are the North바카라 게임 웹사이트�s highly maneuverable, nuclear-capable KN-23 missile, which was modeled on Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Iskander missile.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called North Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s continuing missile tests 바카라 게임 웹사이트�absolutely impermissible.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Analyst Cheong Seong-Chang at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea said that the danger of armed clashes between the Koreas off their western or eastern coasts is increasing. He said South Korea needs to make 바카라 게임 웹사이트�proportional responses바카라 게임 웹사이트� to North Korean provocations, not 바카라 게임 웹사이트�overwhelming responses,바카라 게임 웹사이트� to prevent tensions from spiraling out of control and possibly leading the North to use its tactical nuclear weapons.Animosities on the Korean Peninsula have been running high in recent months, with North Korea testing a string of nuclear-capable missiles and adopting a law authorizing the preemptive use of its nuclear weapons in a broad range of situations. Some experts still doubt North Korea would use nuclear weapons first in the face of U.S. and South Korean forces.North Korea has argued its recent weapons tests were meant to issue a warning to Washington and Seoul over their series of joint military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal, including this week바카라 게임 웹사이트�s exercises involving about 240 warplanes.In a statement released early Wednesday, Pak Jong Chon, a secretary of the ruling Workers바카라 게임 웹사이트� Party who is considered a close confidant of leader Kim Jong Un, called the so-called Vigilant Storm air force drills 바카라 게임 웹사이트�aggressive and provocative.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�If the U.S. and South Korea attempt to use armed forces against (North Korea) without any fear, the special means of the (North바카라 게임 웹사이트�s) armed forces will carry out their strategic mission without delay,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Pak said, in an apparent reference to his country바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nuclear weapons.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The U.S. and South Korea will have to face a terrible case and pay the most horrible price in history,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.U.S. and South Korean officials have steadfastly said their drills are defensive in nature and that they have no intentions of attacking North Korea.___Associated Press writers Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and Aamer Madhani in Washington, D.C. contributed to this report.