The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting to discuss how North Korea launched a ballistic missile on the 5th of this month.
Although the Security Council could not provide a consensus response, 11 countries, including the United States and Japan, issued a joint statement, strongly accusing the North Korean launch of violating the Security Council resolution.
North Korea announced on the 5th of this month that it launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan and conducted an experiment for the development of a reconnaissance satellite the next day.
In response, the UN Security Council held a private emergency meeting on the 7th to discuss the response.
At the meeting, each country only expressed its own opinion and could not show a consensus response as the Security Council, but after the meeting, Japan and South Korea joined the seven member countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom.11 Countries have issued a joint statement.
In a statement, he strongly accused North Korea of violating multiple Security Council resolutions and said, "North Korea should choose a dialogue path and prioritize the human rights of its people over ballistic missile programs." , Asked again to return to the dialogue.
In addition, the statement said, "To condemn North Korea's dangerous and illegal acts, we request that the Security Council members unite their voices," and the Security Council must respond in unison to the violation of the resolution. I emphasized.
This is the fifth time that the Security Council has held an emergency meeting against North Korea's successive missile launches, but China and Russia are opposed to the United States and other countries aiming to strengthen sanctions, and both agree. We have not been able to show the corresponding response.
“New construction move at North Korea's nuclear test site” US expert
Regarding the nuclear test site that North Korea said was closed four years ago, American experts will analyze satellite photographs and confirm the movement of construction of a new building, so let's return to the state where the nuclear test can be resumed. It is pointed out that it may be.
Professor Jeffrey Lewis and colleagues at the Monterey School of International Graduate School in Middlebury, USA, revealed on the 7th the analysis results of satellite photographs taken on the 4th of this month at the nuclear test site in Punggye-ri, northeastern North Korea. did.
It is said that North Korea blasted a mine shaft and closed it in May 2018, but satellite images show that there are several timbers in addition to the construction and repair of new buildings. You can check it.
These moves have only just begun in the last few days, and although it's hard to tell what they're building for, they say they're the first to be seen at the lab since 2018. ..
North Korea has indicated that it will consider revising the ICBM = intercontinental ballistic missile launch test and the suspension of nuclear tests announced in January 2018.
"This construction and repair work shows that North Korea has made some decisions about the situation at the test site. It is possible that it is trying to bring the test site back into a state where it can resume nuclear tests." I pointed out.