President Park Geun-hye continued Thursday her diplomatic efforts to hold North Korea’s feet to the fire for its continued nuclear and missile development while at a multilateral conference of East Asian leaders.
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The condemnation comes after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, violating United Nations resolutions prohibiting the country from using that technology.
The Council members said they will continue to closely monitor the situation and “take further significant measures in line with the Council’s previously expressed determination” if North Korea did not stop such testings and launches.
On Monday, the North-Korean government launched three missiles into the sea, near the Bali Coastline The nuclear bombs were launched from a southern part of the capital Pyongyang. The 15-member Security Council toughened its sanctions in March in response to North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in January and the launch of a long-range rocket in February.
Speaking alongside Power, South Korean ambassador Hahn Choong-hee also called on the worldwide community to send a message that if the North Koreans continue their behavior, “they will face much stronger and insurmountable and significant counter measures from the global community”.
North Korea is also one of four countries that have not joined the Chemical Weapons Convention under the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which has destroyed 93 per cent of all declared chemical weapons since 1997.
The missile launches came less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its east coastal town of Sinpo, where a submarine base is known to be located, on August 24.
The missiles were fired from areas around Hwangju county, in North Hwanghae province, toward the Sea of Japan.
“The most obvious difference from the last test is the change in warhead”, Hanham said. Thousands of United States troops are stationed in South Korea and Japan.
People watch a TV news program reporting about North Korea’s missile launch, at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 5, 2016.
That flew 500 kilometres towards Japan, far exceeding the range of the country’s previous sub-launched missiles.
Leader Kim Jong-Un described the August test as the “greatest success” and said it put the USA mainland within striking range.
The launch was widely condemned by the USA and other major powers, but analysts saw it as a clear step forward for North Korea’s nuclear strike ambitions.
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“We categorically reject this as an unacceptable act of violating our right to survival and sovereignty”, the spokesperson said, adding that the missile launches had no negative effects on the safety of neighboring nations and waters. This news story is related to Print/148399-North-Korea-missile-tests-deepen-isolation-Obama/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
