The missile didn't leave North Korean territory, U.S. Navy Cmdr.
In the morning, North Korea launched a suspected intermediate ballistic missile from a site north of Pyongyang. USA officials say that the missile was likely a KN-17, a new Scud-type missile that North Korea is developing.
President Trump denounced the North's attempt, tweeting "North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today".
Analysts say the North's existing liquid-fuel ICBMS, including the KN-08 and KN-14, are potentially capable of reaching the US mainland, although the North has never flight tested them. The U.S. official, however, wouldn't confirm any meetings beyond ones with officials at U.S. Forces in Korea and the U.S. Embassy. "That's why I said to have the unity of the Security Council because the unity of the Security Council on this, in itself, is a leverage to maximize pressure on North Korea" Francois Dellatre, France's Ambassador to the United Nations said.
The USS Carl Vinson also participated in annual springtime drills between United States and South Korea in March.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the North fired the unidentified missile from around Pukchang, which is near the capital Pyongyang, but provided no other details.
Tillerson called on all countries to downgrade or sever diplomatic relations with North Korea and impose targeted sanctions on entities and individuals supporting its missile and nuclear program.
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On Friday, the United States and China offered starkly different strategies for addressing North Korea's escalating nuclear threat as Tillerson demanded full enforcement of economic sanctions on Pyongyang and urged new penalties.
April 12: Trump says in a televised interview that the U.S.is sending "an armada" of vessels to the Korean peninsula, after the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group is ordered to head there from Singapore.
"We urge again the Kim Jong Un regime to immediately stop reckless provocative acts and choose the path to cooperate with the global community", Park Kwang-on, a spokesman for Moon, said in a statement, referring to the North Korean leader. This is one reason why Foreign Minister Wang Li asserted last month that "China's priority now is to flash the red light and apply the break to both [the U.S. and North Korean] trains" to avoid a collision.
Wang put forward a familiar Chinese idea to ease tensions: North Korea suspending its nuclear and missile activities, if the USA and South Korea stop military exercises in the region. It may mean ratcheting up those sanctions even further.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the US Department of Defence, Missile Defence Agency. McMaster said Sunday that the matter is subject to negotiation.
Mixed messages from the Trump administration regarding its policy on North Korea have further obscured what the next phase of the standoff on the Korean Peninsula could be.
But the prospects for any more US money going there appeared bleak. His government declined to attend Friday's council meeting.
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