SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on Monday in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America’s ally Japan. Seoul said four missiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the East Sea – its name for the Sea of Japan – and that South Korea and the US were “closely analysing” tracking data for further details. “This clearly shows North Korea has entered a new stage of threat,” Abe said in parliament. “Repeated launches by North Korea are a serious, provocative action in terms of security and clearly violate UN security council resolutions. China’s foreign ministry said Beijing and Pyongyang were still “friendly neighbours” but added it remained opposed to the North’s nuclear ambitions.

Source: New Strait Times March 06, 2017 03:00 UTC