The US and Japan have called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korea after Pyongyang carried out its latest missile test. According to the UN mission of Uruguay, which currently holds the council's presidency, the meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. <br/><br/>North Korea launched a ballistic missile yesterday in what was seen as a challenge to South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In. The latest projectile, launched from a military base in Kusong near the country's northwest coast landed in the Sea of Japan.

Diplomats at the UN said today that the United States and Japan have called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on North Korea after Pyongyang carried out its latest missile test. The meeting has been scheduled in principle for Tuesday afternoon, according to the UN mission of Uruguay, which currently holds the council's presidency.<br/>'<br/>North Korea launched a ballistic missile early today in what was seen as a challenge to South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In, a liberal who has said he wants to ease tensions with the North. <br/>'''''<br/><br/>