N. Korea's latest missile launch breaches U.N. resolutions: S. Korea

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's latest firing of short-range missiles
violates U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban the communist nation from
engaging in ballistic missile activity, a South Korean foreign ministry official
said Tuesday.

"We are considering how to respond to North Korea's behavior, including whether
to issue a statement condemning the missile launch," the official told Yonhap
News Agency, asking not to be named.
He added government officials concluded that the North's launch of five KN-02
surface-to-surface missiles into the East Sea on Monday contravenes U.N. Security
Council resolutions 1695, 1718, and 1874 adopted after its missile and nuclear
tests in 2006 and 2009. The resolutions bar North Korea from all activity related
to ballistic missiles.
The KN-02, an upgraded version of the Russian SS-21, is known to have a range of
up to 120 kilometers.
"It is a kind of ballistic missile," the official said. "The U.N. Security
Council is also expected to decide its own response to North Korea's act."
lcd@yna.co.kr
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