The US on Friday called for tougher UN sanctions after North Korea said that it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile to date, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowing to expand his country’s “nuclear war deterrent” while preparing for a “long-standing confrontation” with Washington.
North Korean state media reported the North’s first long-range test since 2017, and South Korea and Japan said that they detected it.
Thursday’s launch extended weapons demonstrations this year that analysts say are aimed at forcing the US to accept the idea of North Korea as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions against it.
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