North Korea "missile launch is the right to self-defense"... Europe calls for a convocation of the Security Council

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US President Biden announced that there would be a corresponding response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile, North Korea said it was a part of the right to self-defense.

European countries have called for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the issue of North Korean missile launches.

Reporter Kim Tae-hoon reports.

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Ja Lee and Lee Byung-cheol, the secretary of the Central Committee of the Labor Party's Central Committee, who lead the North Korean nuclear and missile development, argued today (27th) to assert the justification of the missile launch.

Secretary Lee stipulated that launching ballistic missiles was an act of the sovereign state's right to self-defense.

Regarding US President Joe Biden's point of violating the resolution of the UN Security Council, he warned, "We will face bad things," saying, "I can't calculate anything and say anything at random."

"The United States can shoot intercontinental ballistic missiles, but we should not even test tactical weapons," he said.

He pointed out that the ROK-US combined exercises are war exercises, and pointed out that "North Korea should have the right to self-defense to subdue US military threats on the US mainland."

In the early days of Biden's administration, he dismissed, "Never develop weapons to attract anyone's attention or influence policy," as if considering the analysis of a test launch to raise the atmosphere.

Despite North Korea's claim of self-defense, five European members of the UN Security Council, including Britain and France, have called for a meeting to discuss the issue of North Korean missile launch, AFP reports.