The United States would propose a resolution “to update and strengthen” U.N. sanctions in response to North Korea’s “increasingly dangerous provocations,” U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Friday.
North Korea confirmed Thursday that it test-fired its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile, Hwasong-17, as leader Kim Jong-un ordered the hermit nation to prepare for a “long-term confrontation” with the United States.
