UNITED NATIONS — The United States, Japan and South Korea on Sunday requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss North Korea’s missile launch, Pyongyang’s first test since US President Donald Trump took office. The council is expected to hold consultations on Monday after North Korea confirmed it had "successfully" tested a ballistic missile. The state-run KCNA news agency said "a "surface-to-surface medium long-range ballistic missile" was "successfully test-fired" on Sunday, describing it as a "Korean-style new type strategic weapon system." North Korea is barred under UN resolutions from any use of ballistic missile and nuclear technology. The council has imposed six sets of sanctions since Pyongyang’s first nuclear test in 2006.

Source: Viet Nam News February 13, 2017 04:36 UTC