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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is strongly condemning North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, ahead of an urgent meeting of the Security Council. The meeting was requested by the U.S., Japan and South Korea.
The missile test, which was conducted early yesterday, is seen as an implicit challenge to President Donald Trump. He has vowed to take a tough line on North Korea, but he hasn't yet released a strategy for dealing with that country and its nuclear ambitions.
North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un was at the site to observe the launch and expressed pleasure at the North's expansion of its strategic strike capabilities.
A spokesman says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the launch "a further troubling violation of Security Council resolutions" and urged North Korea to comply with its international obligations.
The Security Council scheduled closed consultations on North Korea late this afternoon.
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148-c-14-(Rafael Wober (RAH'-fy-ehl WOH'-bur), AP correspondent)-"here in Korea"-AP correspondent Rafael Wober reports North Korea has made it very clear it's determined to continue advancing both missile and nuclear technologies. (13 Feb 2017)
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087-v-33-(Carlotta Bradley, AP correspondent)--Members of the U.N. Security Council will meet to talk about North Korea. AP correspondent Carlotta Bradley reports. (13 Feb 2017)
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APPHOTO TOK811: In this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, photo distributed on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, by the North Korean government, "Pukguksong-2" is launched at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service. The "Pukguksong-2" the North's Korean Central News Agency said was a "Korean style new type strategic weapon system." (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) (13 Feb 2017)
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