The Guardian view on North Korea: Pyongyang’s advantage | Editorial Read more“The latest launches of ballistic missiles clearly demonstrate evidence of a new threat from North Korea,” the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said. “South Korea and the United States are conducting a close-up analysis, regarding further information,” South Korea’s military said in a statement. Trump has described North Korea as a “big, big problem” and vowed to deal with the issue “very strongly”. Monday’s tests were the second North Korea has conducted test launches of its missiles since Donald Trump became president. Tongchang-ri is where North Korea fired a long-range rocket last year that put an object into orbit.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2017 23:59 UTC