URGENT: SKorea president vows ‘stern response’ to NKorea missile launch

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol vowed Tuesday that there would be a “stern response” to North Korea’s latest sanctions-busting test of an intermediate range ballistic missile, which flew over Japan, prompting evacuations.

North Korea’s latest “provocation… clearly violated the universal principles and norms of the United Nations, and [Yoon] ordered a stern response and to take corresponding measures in cooperation with the United States and the international community”, his office said.

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