Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry BrownleeAs North Korea conducts yet another missile test, New Zealanders are being warned about travelling to the region. Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee condemned the missile launch, saying it came hot on the heels of threatening rhetoric by North Korea towards the United States and Japan. MFAT last week warned that further missile test and provocations were possible. The latest missile launch followed previous launches by North Korea on August 26 and 29, and its most powerful nuclear test yet on September 3. The nuclear test led to a new round of sanctions from the United Nations, which banned textile exports from North Korea and set a cap on how much oil the country could import.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2017 02:48 UTC