President Trump Warns North Korea That ‘All Options Are On The Table’ Following Missile Launch Over Japan

US President Donald Trump has said that North Korea’s latest missile launch signals “contempt” for its neighbours and the UN, and a ‘grave and growing direct threat’ to the world.The missile flew over northern Japan’s Hokkaido island before crashing into the northern Pacific Ocean. Pyongyang says it is being provoked by US-South Korea military exercises which it says are a rehearsal for invasion.‘The world has received North Korea’s latest message loud and clear: this regime has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior,’ Trump said in a statement released by the White House. ‘Threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the North Korean regime’s isolation in the region and among all nations of the world. All options are on the table,’ he said.In a press conference, presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said South Korean leader Moon Jae-in had wanted ‘to showcase a strong punishment capability against the North. The drill reconfirmed South Korea Air Force capability to destroy the enemy’s leadership in cases of emergency.’ Russia and China have also cited the drills as the source of the latest tensions.The UN Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting in response. Ahead of the meeting, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the missile launch undermined regional security and stability. He called on Pyongyang to comply with its international obligations.Photo Credit: Getty

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