NORTH Korea faced international condemnation and calls for fresh sanctions last night, following the “provocative” launch of two short-range missiles and an underground nuclear test.
Pyongyang fired the rockets yesterday, just hours after the UN condemned Monday’s testing of a nuclear device by the secretive north east Asian state.
North Korean officials said it was acting to “safeguard” its “national interest”.
But the tests have been roundly attacked by countries in the region and across the world.
France has called for fresh sanctions to be placed on the regime of Kim Jong-il, while the US and Japan have urged strong action in light of new tests.
Yesterday’s blast was estimated to be as powerful as the US bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Second World War.
