On Monday North Korea said it wanted to take its complaints about the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises to the UN security council. Facebook Twitter Pinterest US army soldiers during the annual US South Korea Ulchi-Freedom Guardian military exercises in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. North Korea first fired a missile over Japanese territory in 1998, causing widespread condemnation and attempts by Japan’s government to improve its missile defence systems. Japan has in the past vowed to shoot down North Korean missiles or rockets that threaten to hit its territory. At the time North Korea said it was launching a telecommunications satellite but Washington, Seoul and Tokyo believed Pyongyang was testing an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2017 21:40 UTC