THE United States yesterday denounced a “dangerous” lack of action by the UN Security Council on North Korea’s missile launches, accusing – but not naming – China and Russia of having “forced” the body “into silence.”
The reclusive North Korean state test-fired dozens of missiles in 2022, setting security postures in East Asia on edge. It fired two ballistic missiles yesterday, 48 hours after it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.