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The United States has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting... to seek ways to
punish North Korea for its latest ballistic missile firings.
U.S. Congress will also consider North Korea sanctions legislation... in May.
Hwang Ji-hye has the details. The UN Security Council will hold discussions Thursday on
ways to punish North Korea for its latest ballistic missile launches.
The request for a special meeting came from the United States after Pyongyang test-fired
two medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles into the East Sea.
On Wednesday,... Deputy U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Washington is
already in talks with other members of the UN Security Council and its allies and partners...
to take appropriate measures against the North for its latest provocation.
"But those are choices the North Korean government has to make. And we've been clear that the
sanctions, the diplomatic isloation the economic isolation the political isolation that will
all continue as long as they don't."
She went on to emphasize the U.S. takes Pyongyang's latest military posturing seriously... since
it clearly violates UN Security Council resolutions banning the nation from any ballistic missile
launches. In a related move,... U.S. Congress will also
consider North Korea sanctions legislation in May.
Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, unveiled the schedule...
as he addressed a congressional hearing on North Korea's human rights abuses.
Royce said his committee will do all it can to hold the North Korean leader and his aides
responsible for crimes against humanity. Hwang Ji-hye, Arirang News.