In the previous launch, North Korea fired off three KN-01 anti-ship cruise missiles into the East Sea, also from Wonsan.
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North Korea has fired a volley of six short-range missiles into the sea off its eastern coast.
Thursday’s launch was seen as a “low-level” response to the United Nations sanctions.
The North says it was its sovereign right to launch rockets as part of a space programme to put satellites into orbit following the satellite launch in February.
New sanctions on North Korea imposed by the U.N. Security Council are the toughest in two decades. It will become law after it is signed by President Park Geun-hye.
Member states must inspect all cargo to and from North Korea, not just those suspected of containing prohibited items.
China reacted to the harsh measures by requesting calm between North and South Korea.
The vote on the resolution was drafted by the United States and North Korea’s number one ally, China, during the council’s first meeting of the year.
The new measures send “a strong message from the worldwide community seeking peace on the Korean Peninsula and around the world”, Park added.
North Korea watchers believe more than 50,000 North Koreans are working under very poor conditions overseas, mostly in Russian Federation and China.
On Monday, the official KCNA news agency published a commentary saying “it is nothing but a pipe dream for the USA to expect the DPRK to collapse due to ‘sanctions.’ This is as foolish as waiting the missions of the sun and stars to come to an end”.
All eyes are now on China and Russian Federation to see if they fully enact the sweeping measures.
No vessels or airplanes can be leased or registered to North Korea.
The sanctions resolution did not target oil deliveries to North Korea and allows for exemptions to some export bans if a government can show that the revenue will not be used to develop North Korea’s military programs. It bars the country’s imports of aviation fuel, which will ground its aircraft, and sharply limits exports of coal, iron, gold and titanium.
The actions taken Wednesday, March 1, 2016, by the Treasury and State departments complement actions taken by the United Nations and are aimed at holding Pyongyang responsible for its illicit pursuit of nuclear and missile programs.
The new United Nations sanctions close a gap in the United Nations arms embargo on Pyongyang by banning all weapons imports and exports.
She said Security Council members “recognise that suffering is a direct result of the DPRK’s prioritisation of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes over providing for the most basic needs of the North Korean people”.
The so-called Rajin-Khasan logistics project calls for the shipment of Russian coal into South Korea through the North Korean port city of Rajin.
On Wednesday, the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution to expand the sanctions imposed on North Korea. It also freezes overseas assets of 16 individuals and 12 government agencies and banks.
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Meanwhile, he said, the U.N.is spending a little over $100 million annually on humanitarian aid to the country. But enforcement was weak, and the sanctions contained enough loopholes that Pyongyang was able to repeatedly defy them.
