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North Korea Conducts Missile Test In Defiance Of Western Pressure
Topic Started: Apr 28 2017, 06:32 PM (6 Views)
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The Guardian: North Korea defies US pressure by test-firing ballistic missile

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North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile from an area north of Pyongyang, a news agency report said, as the United States pushed for tougher sanctions to curb the country’s nuclear threat. “North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do (South Pyeongan Province) early [on Saturday] morning,” Yonhap reported, quoting a statement issued by South Korea’s military.

The report added that Seoul was analysing the type and flight distance of the projectile.

A US government source told the Reuters news agency that initial indications suggested a North Korean missile test on Friday was unsuccessful.

The launch comes with tensions high on the Korean peninsula, with this the latest in a series of missile launches by the North and warnings from Donald Trump’s US administration that it was running out of patience.

At the UN security council on Friday, Washington pushed for tougher sanctions to confront the North Korean threat, piling pressure on China to rein in its ally while warning it was keeping military options “on the table”.

The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, warned that failure to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile abilities could lead to “catastrophic consequences”, while China and Russia cautioned Washington against threatening military force to solve the problem. Failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences,” Tillerson said in his first remarks to the council as secretary of state.

The United States was not pushing for regime change and preferred a negotiated solution, but Pyongyang, for its own sake, should dismantle its nuclear and missile programs, he said. “The threat of a nuclear attack on Seoul, or Tokyo, is real, and it’s only a matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike the US mainland,” Tillerson said.

While Tillerson repeated the Trump administration’s position that all options are on the table if Pyongyang persists with its nuclear and missile development, Yi said military threats would not help.

The Russian deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, also said on Friday the use of force would be “completely unacceptable”.
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