Envoys say the US has till March to cease Kim Jong-un developing a nuclear missile that can hit Washington. The UN must act now to cease the slide to warThe drumbeat for a potentially devastating war on the Korean peninsula,and one that could quickly spread with calamitous consequences, has grown louder in the wake of North Korea’s latest missile test – its most advanced yet. The North’s long-range inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch was in direct contravention of a battery of UN security council resolutions and in disregard for its increasingly estranged – and last remaining – ally, and China. Related: China’s mood on North Korea is toughening – despite Trump’s bluster | Tania Branigan Continue reading...
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