AP, United Nations
The U.N. Security Council on Friday condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches, calling them “unacceptable,” a clear violation of U.N. resolutions banning such tests, and a threat to regional and international security. A statement from the U.N.’s most powerful body after an urgent meeting called by the United States reiterated the council’s demand that North Korea comply with Security Council resolutions which prohibit all ballistic missile activity. The council met hours after the North fired a medium-range missile from a site north of Pyongyang that flew about 800 kilometers (500 miles) before crashing into the sea off the country’s east coast. The resolution also condemned the North’s firing of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea.