North Korea Launches Missile Shortly Before U.N. Ambassador Gives Speech

Here is the latest on North Korea’s recent missile launch:

The Japanese government says North Korea appears to have fired one ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan early on Tuesday. Shortly after the launch, a North Korean diplomat rose to speak at the United Nations and called on the US to scrap its hostile policy against the country.

The South Korean military says it believes the North fired a short-range missile from the northern part of the country toward its east coast. It says it’s collecting and analyzing information together with the US military.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said, “The Japanese government is on high alert and monitoring the situation. We are also analyzing how the launch was conducted.”

Japanese government officials say it is unlikely the suspected ballistic missile has fallen inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but the launch was timed to happen before Kim Song the North Korean ambassador to the U.N. gave a speech about the self defensive nature of their weapons program.