NOKOR Raps UN Security Council For Double Standards On Tests

North Korea said on Sunday the United Nations Security Council applied double standards over military activities among UN member states, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, amid international criticism over its recent missile tests.

Photo Insert: The North Korean government had some very scathing words for the UN Security Council

The council met behind closed doors on Friday upon requests from the United States and other countries over the North's missile launches, Hyonhee Shin reported for Reuters.

The meeting came a day after Pyongyang fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile, the latest in a recent series of weapons tests including the launches of a previously unseen hypersonic missile, ballistic missiles, and a cruise missile with potential nuclear capabilities.

Jo Chol Su, director of the North Korean foreign ministry's Department of International Organizations, said the UNSC meeting means an "open ignorance of and wanton encroachment" on its sovereignty and "serious intolerable provocation."

Jo accused the Council of double standards as it remains silent about US joint military exercises and weapons tests with allies while taking issue with the North's "self-defensive" activities.

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