S.Korea denounces DPRK's missile launch as violation of UN resolutions

South Korea on Thursday denounced the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s missile launch as a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement that it strongly condemns the DPRK's another ballistic missile launch in defiance of repeated warnings from the international community.

The statement called the launch a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions and a provocative act threatening peace and stability in Northeast Asia and the world.

Seoul will push to encourage actions at UN Security Council in close consultations with major countries, while seeking to make the international community put more pressures and sanctions on Pyongyang, according to the statement.

The statement urged the DPRK to stop further provocations such as another nuclear test that will speed up self-destruction of the regime in so far as the country pursues the advancement in nuclear and missile programs.

The statement came after the DPRK launched what was believed to be a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile earlier in the day. If confirmed, it would be the second test-firing of the missile following the launch on April 15.

The Thursday launch appeared to have failed as the projectile was believed to have crashed several seconds after liftoff, Seoul's defense ministry said.

The first test-launch also failed as the missile exploded in mid-air. Endit