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 by Staff Writers United Nations, United States (AFP) March 5, 2020
European members of the UN Security Council, joined by Britain for the first time since Brexit, on Thursday denounced North Korea's latest ballistic missile tests. Belgium, Britain, Estonia, France and Germany said in a joint statement they were "deeply concerned" by Monday's firings, Pyongyang's first weapons test for months. "We condemn such provocative actions. They undermine regional security and stability, as well as international peace and security, and are in clear violation of unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolutions," they said. South Korea said the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles -- which the nuclear-armed North is banned from testing under the UN measures. The North said leader Kim Jong Un had supervised a "long-range artillery drill." Pyongyang has conducted 14 ballistic missiles tests since May and had threatened to demonstrate a "new strategic weapon" soon. "We cannot accept this as a new normal that DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is violating regularly international law," Germany's ambassador to the UN, Christoph Heusgen, told reporters. "The government is spending money on missiles that are dropping into the sea instead of feeding its own people," he added. Over the past year, France, Germany and Britain have been calling on the UN Security Council after every weapons test to issue a declaration committing to maintaining international sanctions on North Korea. The sanctions are designed to curb Pyongyang's weapons program. In December, permanent members Russia and China proposed a resolution aimed at easing the sanctions. The draft text has not yet been put to a vote.
North Korea fires 'short-range ballistic missiles' Seoul (AFP) March 2, 2020 North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, the South's military said, weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a "new strategic weapon" and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. The launch was the nuclear-armed North's first for more than three months and came as nuclear negotiations with the United States remain at a standstill. The two devices were fired eastwards over the sea from the Wonsan area on the east coast and f ... read more
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