South Korea Calls for UN Action on North Korea's Escalating Missile Threats

North Korea's Leader Kim Jong Un Abandons Commitment to Peaceful Unification, Threatens South Korea with Nuclear Annihilation

South Korea has urged the U.N. Security Council to address North Korea's escalating missile tests and threats, following North Korea's first ballistic missile test in 2024.
The Security Council has previously imposed sanctions on North Korea to curb its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but these have been unsuccessful so far.
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has declared that North Korea will abandon its commitment to a peaceful unification with South Korea and has threatened to annihilate the South with nuclear weapons if provoked.
China and Russia, both veto-wielding permanent council members, have blocked any council action since they vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution in May 2022 that would have imposed new sanctions on North Korea.
Regional tensions have been raised to their highest point in years due to North Korea's escalating test-launches and threats.