The UN Security Council "strongly condemns" the missile launch by North Korea and demands that all member states "fully, rigorously and quickly implement" the sanctions imposed by the United Nations. The declaration, adopted unanimously, condemns Pyongyang "for its outrageous actions and threats against another UN member state, demanding that such acts cease immediately". However, the United Nations Security Council does not threaten to adopt any new sanctions against North Korea.
Meanwhile, Seoul's response was not long in coming after Kim's new provocation. South Korea's Armed Forces dropped eight bombs near the border with North Korea in a show of "overwhelming force" - as local media called it - in response to the test, according to the British Independent newspaper. missile attack carried out by Pyongyang. During the night - in fact - a medium-range ballistic missile was launched by North Korea: it is the first designed to carry a nuclear warhead according to South Korean media reports.
