Asia-Pacific leaders gathered in Bangkok on Friday for a summit to focus on economic woes but their schedule was disrupted by a North Korean suspected intercontinental ballistic missile test while police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters.
of leaders from Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to discuss the missile launch.to disperse about 350 Thai anti-government protesters after a clash about 10 km from the summit venue in the capital, Bangkok.
Established to promote economic integration, APEC groups 21 economies that account for 38% of the global population, and 62% of gross domestic product and 48% of trade., which Japanese officials said landed just 200 km off Japan and had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States.that North Korea had "repeated its provocations with unprecedented frequency".
Campaigners are keen to see leaders address food insecurity, surging inflation, climate change and human rights. Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Thursday the APEC meeting was taking place at a "pivotal juncture" with the world facing multiple risks. Russia is a member of both G20 and APEC but President Vladimir Putin has stayed away from the summits. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will represent him at APEC.
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