U.N. Security Council to meet on North Korea - diplomats


  • World
  • Friday, 29 Apr 2016

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Thursday on North Korea at the request of the United States, said diplomats, after the Asian state test-fired what appeared to be two intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

Both missile tests on Thursday failed, a South Korean official said, in a setback for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the run-up to next week's ruling party congress.

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