Africa Business Radio

The United States condemned North Korea’s firing of a suspected ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to sit down for talks. A State Department spokesperson says the launch is in violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions and poses a threat to the DPRK’s neighbours and the international community while referring to the North by its official name. The spokesperson also said that the US commitment to defend both South Korea and Japan, two treaty-bound allies, was ironclad. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are already set to meet virtually Thursday for regular security talks with their Japanese counterparts.