U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's nuclear test

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu speaks about North Korea's second nuclear test at U.N. headquarters in New York on May 25 after an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council. The Security Council condemned the test and decided to work immediately on a resolution on North Korea.

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