South Korea Wants UN to Do Something About Latest North Korean Missile Launch Claim
Is it a violation of UN sanctions to carry out a photoshopped missile launch?
South Korea has referred North Korea to a U.N. sanctions committee over its recent test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
On May 9, North Korea claimed it successfully carried out an SLBM test underwater, renewing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. If confirmed, the test would be a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban any launch by North Korea that uses ballistic missile technology.
South Korea has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council’s North Korea Sanctions Committee to ask it to address the issue, according to ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il.“Therefore, I understand that there will be consultations within the Security Council’s sanctions committee,” he said during a press briefing. [Yonhap]
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“Is it a violation of UN sanctions to carry out a photoshopped missile launch?”
No, but North Korea claims the launch was the real deal. If we play along and agree that it was, then they overtly violated the relevant UN resolutions. They can’t make the boast without incriminating themselves in the process. The ROK is calling NK’s bluff.