Security Council holds emergency assembly over North Korea missile launch; Japan, US, Europe, Russia and China face off | NHK

In response to North Korea’s launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile on the 14th of this month, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency assembly to debate responses. Japan, Western international locations, and different international locations condemned the launch as a violation of Security Council resolutions, however Russia and China argued that it was the United States that was escalating tensions across the Korean Peninsula, resulting in a confrontation between the 2 sides.

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