North Korea Test-Fires Another Ballistic Missile
by
Tyler Durden
Apr 28, 2017 5:13 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-28/north-korea-test-fires-another-ballistic-missile
Just when you thought it was safe to sink into a tall glass of beer as US government
shutdown was avoided, South Korea's
Yonhap News reports that the
South Korean
military has confirmed that North Korea has test-fired another ballistic missile.
Yonhap News Agency @YonhapNews
(URGENT) N. Korea test-fires a ballistic missile: S. Korean military.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/04/29/0200000000AEN20170429000800315.html …
4:06 PM - 28 Apr 2017
The missile was reportedly fired from an area just north of Pyongyang.
This comes just
hours after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned on
Friday that failure to curb North Korea's nuclear and missile development
could lead to 'catastrophic consequences,' while China and Russia cautioned
Washington against threatening military force.
As Reuters reports, Washington has
recently lavished praise on Beijing for its efforts to rein in its ally Pyongyang, but
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made clear to the U.N. Security Council it was not
only up to China to solve the North Korean problem.
"The key to solving the nuclear issue on the peninsula does not lie
in the hands of the Chinese side," Wang told the 15-member council in
remarks contradicting the White House belief that it does wield significant
influence.
The ministerial meeting of the council, chaired by Tillerson, exposed old
divisions between the United States and China on how to deal with North
Korea. China wants talks first and action later, while the United States
wants North Korea to curtail its nuclear program before such talks start.
"It is necessary to put aside the debate over who should take the
first step and stop arguing who is right and who is wrong," Wang
told the council. "Now is the time to seriously consider resuming talks."
Tillerson responded: "We will not negotiate our way back to
the negotiating table with North Korea, we will not reward
their violations of past resolutions, we will not reward their
bad behavior with talks."
North Korea did not take part in the meeting.
It seems we just got one step closer to
"a major, major conflict."
