Anchor: North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch over Japan on Tuesday has been condemned by the UN Security Council and members of the Conference on Disarmament. North Korea, however, remains defiant, claiming it will continue to strengthen its defense capabilities.
Our Bae Joo-yon has this report.
 
Report: The UN Security Council(UNSC) adopted a unanimous statement on Tuesday condemning North Korea “for its outrageous actions and threats against another UN member state” after the country's latest missile launch which flew over Japan.
 
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told the council that the world is united against North Korea. 

[Sound bite: U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley]
"The world is united against North Korea. There is no doubt about that. It is time for the North Korean regime to recognize the danger they are putting themselves in. The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue. And the rest of the world is with us."

Along with the UNSC, the North’s actions were also strongly condemned by the European Union(EU) and 17 other countries at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. 
 
South Korea, the U.S. and Japan criticized the North’s missile provocation in unison at the UN-sponsored meeting on Tuesday, saying that launching a missile over other countries' airspace cannot be justified as an act of self-defense.
 
Robert Wood, U.S. Permanent Representative to the conference, urged the North to immediately halt provocations, saying the latest missile test is a big concern for the U.S. and many other countries.
 
However, North Korean Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Han Tae-song, said Pyongyang will continue to strengthen its defense capability with nuclear force as long as the U.S. maintains a nuclear freeze and continues military drills on its doorstep.
 
[Sound bite: Han Tae-song - North Korean Ambassador to the UN in Geneva (English)]
"It is an undeniable fact that the U.S. is driving the situation of Korean Peninsula towards extreme level of explosion, by deploying huge strategic assets around the peninsula, to conduct a series of nuclear war drills and maintaining nuclear threats and blackmail, for over a half century."
 
Without mentioning that the North's missile flew over Japan, Han said the U.S.’ pressure and provocative acts will only provide justification for the North's measures to strengthen its self-defense capabilities. 
Bae Joo-yon, KBS World Radio News. 

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