The United Nations Security Council on called North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test “outrageous” Tuesday evening and demanded the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, refrain from testing any additional weapons.
“The Security Council stresses that these DPRK actions are not just a threat to the region, but to all U.N. Member States,” the 15-member council said in a statement.
The group ordered Pyongyang to take immediate actions to avoid another test and said it remains committed to a “peaceful, diplomatic and political solution,” but did not threaten additional sanctions.
Earlier this month, the council ordered sanctions on North Korea that are expected to reduce its export revenue by $1 billion this year.
North Korea tested two long-range missiles in July and reportedly produced a miniature nuclear warhead capable of fitting onto its missiles, after which President Trump threatened to release “fire and fury” against Pyongyang. North Korea responded by saying it was considering launching missiles in the direction of U.S. territory Guam, though it later walked back that threat.
After North Korea launched a missile early Tuesday that flew over the northern end of Japan, which the Pentagon confirmed, Trump said Tuesday that “all options are on the table.”
Kim later warned that his country’s ballistic missile test over Japan was a “prelude to containing Guam.”
