It’s only been 4 weeks since the start of a new year and seven missiles have been launched

This is a record for North Korea and it’s alarming the international community.

Britain, France and Germany condemn North Korea and they’re urging it to comply with UN resolutions ahead of Security Council talks.

In a joint statement they say the tests interrupt regional as well as international peace and security.

“We strongly condemn these provocative actions, which undermine regional as well as international peace and security and are in clear violation of multiple unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolutions,”

the European powers said in a joint statement.

“We call on the DPRK (North Korea) to implement the decisions of the Security Council in full, to accept the repeated offers of dialogue put forward by the United States and to take concrete actions towards the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles programmes.”

The US requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council because North Korea launched its most powerful missile since 2017 this week.

Foreign ministries say that want North Korea to take concrete actions towards a complete shut-down of its weapons.

North Korea has ramped up its missile tests in recent months… with no sign of stopping.

It’s no secret that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un wants to boost his country’s defences.

Foreign ministries say “Such activity is a matter of grave concern and will receive a united response,”

Its not just European leaders, with Japan, South Korea and the US all condemning missile actions too.

Now we know The United Nations already prohibits the country from conducting from ballistic and nuclear weapons tests, imposing strict sanctions.

But Kim Jong Un has ignored these warnings, as the North Korean economy struggles to prosper amid U-S-led sanctions, Covid-19 and mismanagement.