Hours after North Korea fired off a missile into the East Sea Sunday morning, the United States, Japan and South Korea requested « urgent consultations » from the United Nations Security Council, an official at the U. S. Mission to the UN confirmed. The meeting will take place Monday. In a…
Hours after North Korea fired off a missile into the East Sea Sunday morning, the United States, Japan and South Korea requested « urgent consultations » from the United Nations Security Council, an official at the U. S. Mission to the UN confirmed.
The meeting will take place Monday.
In a statement, the spokesman for the UN secretary-general condemned the missile launch, saying North Korea’s action « is a further troubling violation of Security Council resolutions. «
« The DPRK leadership must return to full compliance with its international obligations and to the path of denuclearization, » the statement read. « The Secretary-General appeals to the international community to continue to address this situation in a united manner. «
A U. S. official said the missile was a KN-11 sub-based missile. It has a maximum range of 1,400 nautical miles, but only traveled 310.
