N. Korea "totally rejects" U.N. censure over missile tests

North Korea said Tuesday it "categorically and totally rejects" a recent U.N. Security Council statement condemning its recent ballistic missile tests.A Foreign Ministry spokesman, quoted by the official Korean Central News Agency, also said Sunday's test-firing of a new type of ground-to-ground "medium long-range" ballistic missile, called Hwasong-12, was for self-defense purposes.The unidentified spokesman called it "of great and special significance in ensuring peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and the region."In its press statement released Monday, the 15-member council "stron…READ FULL ARTICLE