North Korea

UN security Council condemns North Korea missile tests

North Korea provokes again. On the firing of two missiles by the United Nations to respond with a special session: It was “very concerned”. Kim Jong-Un has not held such words yet from nuclear weapons tests.

After the missile tests, the question concerned: What Kim Jong Un plans to do with its nuclear weapons test (archive image)?

Already a few hours after the reconnection to the rockets of Pyongyang, the UN security Council said The action was “unacceptable” and disregard for numerous resolutions, is it from New York. It was “extremely concerned” and condemned the recent missile test and possibly another one, had failed. The Tests represented a threat to regional and international security, the Statement by the United Nations. The message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is clear: no further rocket launches and more. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that such a “rebellious and escalating those actions” in the future.

Special session behind closed doors

The panel had met on short notice to a special meeting, after North Korea had fired a medium-range missile. A second Test failed probably. The rocket disappeared, according to U.S. data from the Radar. The Meeting of the 15 members of the security Council held behind closed doors. China, as the last ally of North Korea, said the criticism of the renewed missile tests.

South Korean and U.S. soldiers will practice together for the serious cases – North Korea responded with missile tests

The background of the recent escalation of the annual joint military exercises in South Korea with the United States, which began two weeks ago, is apparently. The Exercise in the neighbouring country of North Korea will take nearly two months and has been running since the beginning of March. This year so many soldiers participate in it as never before – the 300,000 South Korean and 17,000 U.S. soldiers.

vk/ml (afp, dpa)