The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest North Korean missile launch as "outrageous" and urged Pyongyang to take concrete actions to defuse tensions. The Security Council expressed grave concern at the launch and demanded that North Korea abandon all nuclear and ballistic missile programmes in accordance with its resolutions. Earlier, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley called on all nations to implement Security Council sanctions against North Korea, and said it was time for the North Korean regime to "recognise the danger they are putting themselves in." The US also successfully lobbied the UN earlier this month for sanctions on North Korea that are expected to cut the reclusive nation's export revenues by a third. Tensions between Pyongyang and Washington escalated this month, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to fire missiles into waters near Guam and Trump threatened to rain "fire and fury" on North Korea.

Source: The China Post August 30, 2017 06:11 UTC