Russia and China Veto Resolution Responding to North Korean Missile Launches; First Time in 15 Years

Since mid-2006 the U.N. Security Council has – unanimously – adopted a raft of Security Council resolutions on North Korea, nine of which prohibited ballistic missile launches. That 15-year run came to an end on Thursday, when China and Russia jointly vetoed a measure responding to a series of launches by the Pyongyang regime since the beginning of 2022.  Read