North Korea Accuses UN Security Council of 'Double Standard' Over Missile Tests

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea said Monday that the U.N. Security Council showed a double standard as its sanctions committee criticized the country's recent missile test as a violation of U.N. resolutions.

North Korea launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile last week, prompting Washington to request a gathering of the U.N. Security Council's (UNSC) sanctions committee. At the committee meeting Friday, the United States called for imposing additional sanctions and tightening the implementation of existing measures, denouncing the test as a violation of U.N. resolutions, according to Jo Chol Su, director-general for international organizations at North Korea's foreign ministry. Jo said the meeting was "designed to negate the right of our state to self-defense," warning it would devise a "countermeasure."