The UN Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea for test-firing ballistic missiles and agreed to take “significant measures” in response the latest series of launches.
Advertisement
A statement approved by all 15 members of the security council called North Korea’s actions a “grave violation” and a “flagrant violation” of security council resolutions calling on North Korea to halt their intercontinental ballistic missile system.
Recently, the USA chose to deploy cutting-edge nuclear-capable bombers to its base in Guam, located in the Western Pacific, announced the deployment of THAAD missile systems to South Korea, causing even more heated and angry rhetoric from the North.
Following the test, the UN Security Council agreed on Friday to “take further significant measures” against North Korea, without elaborating.
The South Korean government mustered multilateral diplomatic efforts to induce the UNSC’s stern response to North Korea’s provocations, and the latest UNSC press statement comes as a meaningful action that sends out the global community’s clear and strong message toward North Korea, the South Korean foreign ministry said.
Pyongyang yesterday also expressed anger at UN Security Council discussions over a statement denouncing the country’s latest submarine-launched missile test.
The latest UNSC statement came after the council’s previous attempts to issue condemnation of North Korea’s recent ballistic launches ended unsuccessfully.
“Such activities contribute to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s development of nuclear weapons delivery systems and increase tension”, it said.
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday boasted that the latest submarine-launched missile test was the “greatest success”, putting the United States mainland and the Pacific “within the striking range”.
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the submarine-launched missile test was the “greatest success”, putting the United States mainland and the Pacific “within the striking range”. He said it showed North Korea’s “great power and inexhaustible strength in the face of the trials of history and the challenges of our enemies”.
North Korea is barred under United Nations resolutions from any use of ballistic missile technology, but Pyongyang has carried out several launches following its fourth nuclear test in January.
Advertisement
North Korea already has a variety of land-based missiles that can hit South Korea and Japan, including US military bases in those countries. Kim is planning to bring more powerful submarines into production so multiple rounds of missiles can be launched, Japan press reported Friday.
