Nations call for sanctions after NKorea missile test

A number of nations on Friday called for tougher U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea after it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to expand his country's “nuclear war deterrent” while preparing for a “long-standing confrontation” with the United States.

North Korean state media reported the North's first long-range test since 2017, and South Korea and Japan said they detected it.

At U.N. headquarters Friday, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. would propose a measure “to update and strengthen” Security Council sanctions that were originally imposed after the North’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and were tightened over the years."

The DPRK, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea is demonstrating its determination to continue advancing its weapons programs as it escalates its provocative behavior," the statement said.