Asia-Pacific gov'ts condemn N. Korea's latest missile launch

Several governments in the Asia-Pacific region condemned Tuesday North Korea's ballistic missile launch, urging the North to give up its missile and nuclear development ambitions and the international community to ramp up pressure on Pyongyang.Australia "strongly condemns" the missile launch, which poses an "unacceptable threat to peace and stability in our region," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a joint statement.The launch "represents a serious escalation by Pyongyang" and constitutes "a provocative and threatening act by a dangerous regime," acc…READ FULL ARTICLE