川普：針對朝鮮導彈試射,不排除任何選項

North Korea has acknowledged firing a ballistic missile over Japan, saying it was to counter current joint exercises by South Korea and the United States.

In a Wednesday morning dispatch from Pyongyang, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted leader Kim Jong Un saying the drill for the launch of the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile was "like a real war" and the first step by North Korea's military for operations in the Pacific and "a meaningful prelude to containing Guam."

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese leader Shinzo Abe agreed in a phone call Wednesday that maximum pressure needs to be applied in order to get North Korea to engage in dialogue to resolve the ongoing crisis.

"President Moon said that launching an intermediate range ballistic missile to fly over Japan's airspace was not a simple provocation, but violent conduct to a neighboring country," South Korean presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun said.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters Wednesday that China is working with the other members of the U.N. Security Council and hopes those efforts can help peacefully resolve the nuclear crisis.

President Donald Trump said in a Tuesday statement that "all options are on the table" following the latest North Korean missile launch.

North Korea "has signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior," Trump said in a statement released by the White House.

Asked by VOA what he plans to do about North Korea, before boarding a helicopter at the White House Tuesday morning, the president replied, "We'll see, we'll see."

Speaking during an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council Tuesday evening, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Pyongyang has violated every single U.N. Security Council resolution and the world is united against its actions.

"It is time for the North Korean regime to recognize the danger they are putting themselves in," Haley said. "The United States will not allow their lawlessness to continue, and the rest of the world is with us."

Both the Chinese and Russian envoys emphasized that there is no military solution to the issue.

The Security Council held two hours of closed consultations on the situation and then issued a presidential statement that "strongly condemns" the recent launch.

"The Security Council further condemns the DPRK for its outrageous actions and demands that the DPRK immediately cease all such actions," said Egyptian ambassador Amr Aboulatta who is council president this month. He referred to North Korea by its official acronym.

The council also demanded that Pyongyang not conduct any further ballistic missile launches and comply fully with its obligations under numerous council resolutions, including the most recent, adopted on August 5. That demand looked set to be ignored as media reported that the North Korean leader said the country should conduct more missile tests into the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. intelligence officials said they see few signs that Pyongyang is likely to be deterred.

"North Korea has been conducting an uNPRecedented level of testing since early 2016 and we have not seen anything in their defiant posture to suggest that has changed," one official told VOA on condition of anonymity.

U.S. defense officials said the North Korean missile, launched Tuesday from an air base near Pyongyang, landed in the Pacific Ocean, about 930 kilometers east of Japan.朝鮮承認發射了一枚飛躍日本的彈道導彈，說這是爲對抗正在進行的美韓聯合軍事演習。

朝鮮官方通訊社朝中社星期三早上的報道引述朝鮮領導人金正恩的話說，這次試射火星12中程彈道導彈“好像一場真正的戰爭”，是朝鮮在太平洋軍事行動的第一步，也是“遏制關島實質性的前奏”。

韓國總統文在寅和日本首相安倍晉三星期三電話交談後一致同意，需要對朝鮮施加最大限度的壓力，迫使朝鮮就目前的危機進行對話。

韓國總統府發言人樸壽鉉說：“文在寅總統表示，發射中程彈道導彈飛躍日本領空不是簡單的的挑釁，而是對一個鄰國的暴力行動。”

中國外長王毅星期三告訴記者說，中國正在跟聯合國安理會其它成員國合作，希望這一努力有助於和平解決核危機。

朝鮮試射導彈後，美國總統川普星期二早些時候發表聲明說，“任何選項都在桌面上”。

川普在白宮發表的聲明中說：朝鮮表現出了“對鄰國的蔑視，對聯合國所有成員國的蔑視，對最起碼的國際行爲準則的蔑視。”

川普星期二早上在白宮登上直升機前，美國之音記者問他打算對朝鮮採取什麼措施，川普回答說：“我們等着瞧，我們等着瞧”。

美國常駐聯合國大使黑利星期二在聯合國安理會緊急會議上說，平壤違反了每一項聯合國安理會決議案，國際社會一致反對朝鮮的行動。

黑利說：“朝鮮政權現在應該認識到，他們將自己置於危險境地。美國不會允許他們這樣繼續無法無天，世界上其它國家也站在我們一邊。”

中國和俄羅斯常駐聯合國大使都強調，這個問題沒有軍事解決方案。

安理會召開了兩個小時的閉門會議，討論朝鮮問題，會後發表聲明，對朝鮮最近的導彈試射提出“強烈譴責”。

安理會本月的輪值主席，埃及常駐聯合國大使阿布勒阿塔說：“安理會進一步譴責朝鮮肆無忌憚的行動，並要求朝鮮立即停止所有這類行動。”

聯合國安理會還要求朝鮮不能進行更多的彈道導彈試射，並全面遵守若干項安理會決議案的規定，包括8月5日剛剛採納的決議案。這種要求似乎一定會被朝鮮無視。媒體報道朝鮮領導人金正恩說，朝鮮應該向太平洋試射更多的導彈。

美國情報官員說，他們看不到平壤會被制止的跡象。

其中一名官員以不透露姓名爲條件對美國之音說，“朝鮮在2016年以來進行前所未有的頻繁試驗，從他們的藐視行爲中我們看不出任何變化。”

美國國防官員說，朝鮮星期二在平壤附近一個空軍基地發射的導彈落入了日本以東930公里處的太平洋水域。