25 April 2016

News Story: S. Korea denounces DPRK's missile launch as violation of UN resolutions

SEOUL, April 24 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Sunday strongly denounced the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine in what Seoul said was a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement that the government strongly condemned the DPRK's test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Saturday in eastern waters off the DPRK's coastal town of Sinpo.

Regardless of whether it had succeeded or not, the launch was in a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions, and the test-firing came in less than 10 days after the United Nations urged Pyongyang to exercise restraint following the country's launch on April 15 of a Musudan ballistic missile, the ministry said.

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