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WORLD NEWS Monday 15 May 2017

North Korea says new long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

FOSTER KLUG nuclear warhead.” Leader Pyongyang’s closest ally, not going to do it,” she told minutes, traveling about
Associated Press Kim Jong Un was said to and she raised the possibili- ABC. 800 kilometers (500 miles)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — have witnessed the test ty of new sanctions against Japanese officials said the and reaching an unusually
North Korea said Monday and “hugged officials in North Korea including on missile flew for about 30 high altitude of 2,000 kilo-
the missile it launched over the field of rocket research, meters (1,240 miles). South
the weekend was a new saying that they worked Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff
type of long-range ballis- hard to achieve a great said it was launched from
tic rocket that can carry a thing,” according to KCNA. near Kusong, in North Phy-
heavy nuclear warhead. The launch jeopardizes ongan province.
North Korean propaganda new South Korean Presi- The U.S. Pacific Command
must be considered with dent Moon Jae-in’s willing- said that “the flight is not
wariness, but if confirmed, ness to talk to the North, consistent with an intercon-
the claim marks another and came as U.S., Japa- tinental ballistic missile,”
big step forward in the nese and European navies a technology the North is
country’s escalating efforts gather for joint war games believed to have tested
to field a nuclear-tipped in the Pacific. clandestinely by launching
missile capable of reach- “The president expressed rockets to put satellites in
ing the U.S. mainland. Out- deep regret over the fact orbit.
side experts don’t believe that this reckless provoca- David Wright, co-direc-
the North can do that yet, tion ... occurred just days tor of the Global Security
but each new test pushes after a new government Program at the Union of
them closer to the goal. was launched in South Ko- Concerned Scientists, said
The launch Sunday is an rea,” senior presidential the missile could have a
immediate challenge to secretary Yoon Young- range of 4,500 kilometers
South Korea’s new leader, chan said. “The president (about 2,800 miles) if flown
a liberal elected just five said we are leaving open South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks as he presides over on a standard, instead of a
days earlier who expressed the possibility of dialogue a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidential lofted, trajectory — consid-
a desire to reach out to with North Korea, but we Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, May 14, 2017. erably longer than Pyong-
North Korea. The country’s should sternly deal with a Associated Press yang’s current missiles.q
push to boost its weapons provocation to prevent oil imports.
program also makes it one North Korea from miscalcu- The Security Council has
of the Trump administra- lating.” adopted six increasingly
tion’s most urgent foreign Moon, South Korea’s first tougher sanctions resolu-
policy worries. liberal leader in nearly a tions against North Korea.
The missile flew for half an decade, said as he took President Donald Trump’s
hour and reached an un- his oath of office last week administration has called
usually high altitude be- that he’d be willing to visit North Korean ballistic and
fore landing in the Sea of the North if the circum- nuclear efforts unaccept-
Japan, the South Korean, stances were right. able, but it has swung be-
Japanese and U.S. militar- The U.N. Security Council tween threats of military
ies said. Tokyo said the flight will hold closed consulta- action and offers to talk as
pattern could indicate a tions about the launch on it formulates a policy.
new type of missile. Tuesday afternoon, ac- While Trump has said he’d
North Korea’s official Ko- cording to the U.N. Mission be “honored” to talk with
rean Central News Agency for Uruguay, which holds leader Kim Jong Un under
called the missile a “new the council presidency this favorable conditions, Hal-
ground-to-ground medium month. ey seemed to rule out the
long-range strategic bal- U.S. Ambassador Nikki possibility. “Having a mis-
listic rocket Hwasong-12” Haley said on ABC televi- sile test is not the way to sit
that’s “capable of car- sion that the U.S. has been down with the president,
rying a large-size heavy working well with China, because he’s absolutely