North Korea vows to build up nuke arsenal at UN meeting on latest ICBM launch
Russia defends DPRK test of new missile as response to US ‘aggression,’ while US and ROK denounce as sanctions violation
DPRK Ambassador to the U.N. Kim Song at a U.N. Security Council session on Nov. 4, 2024; the launch of the DPRK's latest Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile on Oct. 31, 2024 | Image: U.N., Rodong Sinmun (Nov. 1, 2024)
North Korea vowed to speed up its nuclear arsenal buildup on Monday, in a message delivered at a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting to discuss its recent launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
DPRK Ambassador Kim Song denounced the UNSC session as “unlawful” and stressed that its launch of the Hwasong-19 on Oct. 31 posed no threat to neighboring states.
North Korea vowed to speed up its nuclear arsenal buildup on Monday, in a message delivered at a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting to discuss its recent launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
DPRK Ambassador Kim Song denounced the UNSC session as “unlawful” and stressed that its launch of the Hwasong-19 on Oct. 31 posed no threat to neighboring states.
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