Donald Trump urges countries to be tough and decisive towards N Korea
8 Aug 2017 11:16 PM IST
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised other nations for addressing North Korea's missile program, days after the UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on Pyongyang over two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July.
"After many years of failure, countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by North Korea. We must be tough & decisive!," Trump wrote in a post on Twitter. The council passed the US-drafted resolution on North Korea on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the threat to Japan from North Korea has reached a "new stage" now that the country is capable of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile and its nuclear weapons program has advanced, a defense ministry report said on Wednesday.
North Korea was the main concern cited as Japan's Cabinet approved the report, less than two weeks after the North test-fired a second ICBM that analysts say has a range that could include more of the US mainland, including Los Angeles and Chicago.
The security review came just a week after Itsunori Onodera, who was defense minister in 2012-2014, resumed that job when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revamped his Cabinet after a slew of politically costly scandals.
Onodera told reporters Friday he planned to update Japan's defence guidelines to reflect the threat.
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