1. North Korea’s state-run media reports that the country conducted a launch drill of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, with leader Kim Jong Un observing.
2. The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile over Japan and demanded that Pyongyang immediately halt such actions.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to seek a tougher U.N. Security Council resolution on North Korea in cooperation with the United States.
日: 2017年8月30日
August 29, Tuesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Fumiko Konoe and Ms. Risa Shimizu
1. Japan’s government says the ballistic missile that North Korea fired Tuesday morning traveled about 2,700 kilometers and reached an altitude of 550 kilometers.
2. The Japanese prime minister says the latest launch is an unprecedented, serious and grave threat for Japan.
3. The Japanese foreign minister says his government has lodged a protest “in the strongest term” with Pyongyang.