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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to comply with UN Security Council resolutions and to halt inflammatory and escalatory actions.
Stephane Dujarric, UN Secretary-General's spokesperson, told a daily briefing that "the situation on the Korean peninsula including the latest ballistic missile launches is deeply troubling."
"We once again urged the DPRK to comply with its international obligations, including relevant Security Council resolutions and halt these inflammatory and escalatory actions," said Dujarric.
The DPRK fired a medium-range ballistic missile into its eastern waters earlier on Thursday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
The missile launch was seen as a show of force and anger at the ongoing joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, as well as the tougher-than-ever sanctions on the DPRK.
Diplomats said the United States plans to raise the issue of DPRK's missile launch at a Security Council meeting later on Friday.
Earlier this month, the 15-nation Council adopted a resolution to impose a new raft of sanctions on the DPRK to curb its nuclear and missile programs.
