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breaking news from north korea. in the last couple of hours, the us military and south korean officials have confirmed north korea has fired a ballistic missile which exploded shortly after liftoff. the launch camejust hours shortly after liftoff. the launch came just hours after a special session of the un security council in which the us pushed for tougher sanctions on the pyongyang regime. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, chaired the session. let s have a look at some of the state to make statements. with each successful missile test, north korea pushes asia and the world closer to instability and conflict. the threat of a north korean nuclear attack on seoul or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. indeed, the dprk has repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. given that rhetoric, the united states cannot stand idly by, nor can other nations which are in striking dist
we start with breaking news from north korea. in the last couple of hours, the us military and south korean officials have confirmed north korea has fired a ballistic missile which exploded shortly after lift off. the launch, from an airfield in pukchang, camejust hours after a special session at the un security council in which the us pushed for tougher sanctions on the pyongyang regime. barbara plett usher reports from un headquarters in new york. after weeks of mounting concern in washington over north korea, the secretary of state arrived in the united nations to make his case. un sanctions aren t working was the message, there needs to be a new campaign of pressure. and he clarified the stakes, ultimately this is being driven by america s of national security concerns he said, so national security concerns he said, so it s serious. with each successful detonation and missile test, north korea pushes east asia and the world closer to instability and the world closer to in
the us military and south korean officials have confirmed that north korea fired a ballistic missile which exploded shortly after launch. the failed test, reportedly from near an airfield in pukchang, came just hours after a special session at the un security council in which the us pushed for tougher sanctions on the pyongyang regime. barbara plett usher has this report from the un headquarters in new york. after weeks of mounting concern in washington about north korea, the secretary of state arrived at the united nations to make his case. un sanctions aren t working was the message, there needs to be a new campaign of pressure. and he clarified the stakes. ultimately this is being driven by america s of national security considerations, he said, so it is serious. with each successful detonation and missile test, north korea pushes north east asia and the world closer to instability and broader conflict. the threat of a north korean nuclear attack on seoul or tokyo is real.
attack on seoul or tokyo is real, and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. indeed, the dprk has repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. given that rhetoric, the united states cannot idly stand by, nor can other members of this council, who are within striking distance from north korea missiles. despite un pressure, north korea has been able to accelerate its weapons programme, and shortly after mr tillerson spoke, it fired another missile, although that test seems to have failed. still, it was an act of defiance, like this massive live fire exercise last week. only tighter sanctions and greater diplomatic isolation might force north korea to give up its weapons, said the secretary of state, and its powerful chinese neighbour was the key to make that work. but the chinese foreign minister pushed back. translation: mr president, china is not a focal point of the problem on the peninsula, and the k