View of Seoul from the observation deck of Namsan Park. File photoUN, Mar 26 Seoul urges Pyongyang to refrain from further provocations and engage in substantive dialogue with South Korea and the United States, South Korean Permanent Representative Cho Hyun said at a UN Security Council meeting. th rocket launch since the beginning of this year. Pyongyang confirmed that it had conducted a test launch of the Hwaseong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. The Japanese Ministry of Defense believes that with a conventional trajectory, the range of the missile could be 15,000 kilometers, which is sufficient to cover the entire territory of the United States. «We urge the DPRK to refrain from further provocations, fulfill its obligations under the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and enter into dialogue with the Republic of Korea and the United States in order to achieve denuclearization and sustainable peace on the Korean peninsula,» Cho Hyun said. around North Korea
