North Korea requests to speak at UN Security Council meeting called in response to latest missile launch
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The North Korean government has requested to speak at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council called in response to their latest missile launch.
In a rare move, the North Korean government is requesting an opportunity to speak when the council convenes.
The news comes just days after the hermit nation promised "shocking" consequences to protest what it called a provocative U.S. reconnaissance activity near its territory.
Now, the nation's government would like to address the U.N. Security Council itself.
The address to the Security Council will be the first speech of its kind given by a North Korean representative in about a decade.
The South Korean government has confirmed that a representative of its own country will sit in on the meeting as an observing member.
Kim Yo Jong said a U.S. spy plane crossed the eastern sea boundary between the Koreas at around 5 a.m. Monday and conducted reconnaissance activities over the North’s exclusive economic zone before being chased away by North Korean warplanes.
She also said the U.S. aircraft crossed the eastern sea boundary again at around 8:50 a.m., prompting North Korea’s military to issue an unspecified "strong warning" toward the United States.
Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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