Japan, U.S. Press North Korean Abduction Issue at UN Side Event
- Father of Otto Warmbier criticizes Kim Jong Un as ‘criminal’
- UN Security Council hasn’t taken up latest missile launches
Otto Warmbier, center, arrives at a court for his trial in Pyongyang on March 16, 2015.
Photographer: Lu Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images
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The United Nations Security Council debated conflicts from Syria to Libya to Bosnia this week. Missing from the agenda: North Korea’s missile launches, explicitly prohibited by unanimous council resolutions.
With the U.S. and its allies offering a muted response to Kim Jong Un’s latest violation of international resolutions, UN attention on North Korea came at a small side event on abduction cases.