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UNSC condemns 'highly provocative' North Korea missile launch

The UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned North Korea's "highly provocative" launch of a missile that flew over Japan and demanded that Pyongyang immediately halt such actions.

September 16, 2017 / 10:46 IST
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No 10 | South Korea | $43.9 billion | Rise by 7.5% (Image: Getty Images)
No 10 | South Korea | $43.9 billion | Rise by 7.5% (Image: Getty Images)

The UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned North Korea's "highly provocative" launch of a missile that flew over Japan and demanded that Pyongyang immediately halt such actions.

In a unanimous statement backed by China, the council said the launch was carried out just three weeks after a first missile overflew Japan and less than two weeks after Pyongyang's sixth and biggest nuclear test.

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first published: Sep 16, 2017 10:42 am

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