N Korea launches missile soon after China warning

North Korea has launched an unidentified missile into the sea off its east coast, according to South Korea's military. The US military also confirmed the launch.
Japan's NHK public television said the missile may have landed within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Following the launch, US President Donald Trump urged China to take decisive action against North Korea, urging Beijing to "end this nonsense once and for all".

"Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?" Trump said of his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-Un .

"Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer," he wrote on Twitter. "Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"

The launch came just hours after China's UN ambassador warned of "disastrous" consequences if world powers fail to find a way to ease tensions with North Korea, which he said could "get out of control".

Ambassador Liu Jieyi made the remarks a day after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the threat posed by North Korea's missile and nuclear tests.

"Currently tensions are high and we certainly would like to see a de-escalation," Liu told a news conference at UN headquarters.
 [rte.ie]
4/7/17