US and allies clash with China and Russia over North Korea's launches and threats to use nukes
by Edith M. Lederer
Jun 01, 2024
3 minutes
The United States and allies South Korea and Japan clashed with China and Russia Friday over North Korea’s latest satellite and ballistic missile launches and threats to use nuclear weapons that have escalated tensions in northeast Asia.
The scene was an emergency open meeting of the U.N. Security Council called after North Korea’s failed launch of a military reconnaissance satellite on May 27 and other launches using ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. sanctions.
Since the beginning of 2022, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – the
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