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UNSC condemns 'highly provocative' N Korea missile launch

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The UN Security Council today strongly condemned North Korea's "highly provocative" launch of a missile that flew over Japan and demanded that Pyongyang immediately halt such actions.

In a unanimous statement backed by China, the council said the launch was carried out just three weeks after a first missile overflew Japan and less than two weeks after Pyongyang's sixth and biggest nuclear test.

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First Published: Sep 16 2017 | 2:32 AM IST

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