The North Korean leader’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong likened the U.S. to a “scared barking dog” after it convened a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) and condemned the North’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test (ICBM) on Tuesday.
Following the meeting, the U.S. and 13 other countries presented a joint statement calling for punitive action from the Security Council and urging Pyongyang to “abandon its unlawful weapons programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.”
The North Korean leader’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong likened the U.S. to a “scared barking dog” after it convened a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) and condemned the North’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test (ICBM) on Tuesday.
Following the meeting, the U.S. and 13 other countries presented a joint statement calling for punitive action from the Security Council and urging Pyongyang to “abandon its unlawful weapons programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.”
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