SEOUL: North Korea denounced the UN Security Council for holding a meeting on its recent satellite launch upon 'robbery demands' from the US, vowing to continue rejecting sanctions and ta
upon"robbery demands" from the US, vowing to continue rejecting sanctions and taking"self-defensive" action, state media KCNA said on Sunday .last week to discuss North Korea's attempt to put its first spy satellite in orbit, which ended in failure with the booster and payload plunging into the sea.
"I am very offended that the UNSC routinely criticises our exercise of sovereign rights as the United States wants, and strongly condemn and reject this as the most unfair, prejudiced act of interfering in internal affairs and infringing our sovereignty," Kim said in a statement carried by KCNA. FILE PHOTO: A handout picture shows what is believed to be a part of a space launch vehicle that North Korea said crashed into the sea off the west coast of the divided peninsula, South Korea, May 31, 2023.
In another dispatch, KCNA published a commentary by Kim Myong Chol, whom it described as an international affairs analyst, criticising a resolution adopted by the International Maritime Organization's security committee.
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