North Korea’s missile launch ‘absolutely unacceptable’ – Abe
12 February 2017 |
12:39 pm
North Korea's test launch of a ballistic missile was "absolutely unacceptable," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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