North Korea has launched several missiles into the sea to coincide with a visit by Pope Francis to the South.
Three rockets were fired as the pope's plane approached Seoul - and there were reports of a further three, shortly after he touched down.
All of the short-range missiles landed in the sea off North Korea's east coast, hundreds of miles away from the Pontiff's plane.
Pope Francis arrives in Seoul - the first papal visit to Asia since 1999 The North has tested an unprecedented number of rockets and missiles this year, including many in recent weeks.
It says the launches are in retaliation for US-South Korean military exercises scheduled to start on Monday.
Pyongyang often stages such tests when rival South Korea is in the global spotlight - as is the case with the papal visit - in what is seen as a means of grabbing attention.
The Argentine pope will spend five days in South Korea, meeting some of the country's five million Catholics on the first trip by a pontiff to Asia since 1999.
South Korean troops fire heavy artillery to welcome the pontiff But much of the attention will be on the Vatican's relations with China. It was the first time a pope had been allowed to fly over China on Asian tours.
His predecessor, John Paul II, had to avoid Chinese airspace because of the fraught relations between Beijing and the Vatican.
The pope leaves the plane in Seoul Before touching down in Seoul, Pope Francis sent an unprecedented message of goodwill to China.
"Upon entering Chinese air space, I extend best wishes to your Excellency and your fellow citizens and I invoke the divine blessing of peace and well-being upon the nation," he said in a radio message to President Xi Jinping.
The Vatican has had no formal relations with China since shortly after the Communist Party took power in 1949.
The Catholic Church in China is divided into two communities.
The first is the "official" Church known as the "Patriotic Association" answerable to the Party; the second an underground Church that swears allegiance only to the Pope in Rome.
As the Pope touched down in Seoul, there were reports that some Chinese had been barred from travelling to a youth celebration in South Korea.
A recently released picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un About half of more than 100 Chinese who had planned to attend the Asian Youth Day event during the papal visit were unable to attend.
Heo Young-yeop, spokesman for the Committee for the Papal Visit to Korea, told reporters this was due to "a complicated situation inside China".
He declined to give further details, citing their safety.
Another organiser, who declined to be identified, said some of the would-be attendees had been arrested by Chinese authorities.
Beijing rejects Vatican authority over its Catholics.
China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comments either on the Pope's goodwill message or the Chinese who were barred.
About 30 countries will be participating in Asian Youth Day, focused on the formation of a spiritual life, particularly for youth leaders.
North Korea has turned down an invitation from the South Korean Catholic church for its Korean Catholic Association to attend a papal mass on Monday in Seoul.
The two Koreas have been divided since the 1950-53 Korean war, which left millions of families separated.
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