A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. North Korea on Wednesday fired projectiles toward its eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the United States this weekend. The sign reads: “ A projectile laugh from North Korea.” (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)UNITED NATIONS — North Korea on Monday denounced a scheduled U.N. Security Council discussion of its latest test of an underwater-launched ballistic missile, calling it “dangerous” and saying it will increase “our desire to defend our sovereignty.”The council scheduled closed consultations Tuesday on recent North Korean tests at the request of the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Ambassador Kim Song told several reporters Monday the United States is “behind the impure moves” of the three countries, saying the meeting would not take place without the consent of the Trump administration. “So we really sharply watch every move of the United States and the United Nations Security Council.”Calling the planned council meeting “dangerous to our sovereignty,” he said, “Please carefully watch what we do in the future.”Kim said North Korea doesn’t recognize any Security Council meetings that address “our self-defensive measures” so he won’t be there on Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 17:37 UTC