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What we�*re seeing is north korea not only firing missiles but at the same timejust 25 only firing missiles but at the same time just 25 minutes firing that short range what is thought to be a ballistic missile test, the un ambassador took to the podium and started to denounce the united states for its hostile policy. they also demanded the end of military exercises which take place between south korea and the united states on the peninsula and they said that they needed to continue to develop...

Destruction. to launch missile tests. as a center for di ploplomacy. not a cost. it incentivises pyongyang to keep doing what theyre doing. >> been no cost for kim analysts say because president trump has down played the near ly two dozn short range missile tests since may. >> he likes testing missiles, but we never restricted short range missiles. >> they are short range missiles and very standard missiles. >> but experts say thats not true. they say while kim jong-un sends letters to trump and...

Reporter: the latest two missiles flew 235 miles before ending up in the sea. he calls it a grave problem for the international community. president trump was asked about the most of recent tests before he left for europe late last night. >> well see what happens. kim jong-un has been, you know, pretty straight with me, i think. and we are going see whats going on. well see whats happening. he likes testing missiles. but we never restricted short-range missiles. >> officials said earlier this we...

Range ballistic missiles. they shot up about 15 minutes apart early this morning with a range of 380 kilometers. i points that out because we here in seoul are about 230 kilometers from that launch site. so certainly within that range. the u.s. president donald trump was asked about this most recent launch as he headed off to the g7. take a listen. >> kim jung-un has been, you know, pretty straight with me i think. and were going to see what is going on. well see what is happening. he likes test...

We can consider having it be a g8. >> and this is all as u.s. and russia are trading barbs following a missile test week and russia responding that it will respond with its own test. i mean, is this a modern day arms race? >> the trump administration has created that situation. there was no need for them to withdraw from the inf treaty. that was a treaty that president reagan negotiated in 1987 with mikhail gorbachev. trump tore that treaty up and now were testing missiles not necessary for stra...

Developments on north korea. the u.s. says pyongyang fired two short missiles today in the direction of japan, also known as the east sea. president trump says hes not concerned. >> kim jong un has been, you know, pretty straight with me i think. were going to see whats going on. were going to see whats happening. he likes testing missiles but we never restricted short range missiles. we see what happens. many nations test those missiles. >> meanwhile president trump says russia should be readmi...

They will meet again, another relationship to watch is angela merkel and president trump who was famously part of that photograph in that stare down. the president has repeatedly singled her out for what he sees as germanys insufficient contributions to nato. you can bet north korea will be on the agenda when president trump meets with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe considering comments like this one -- >> kim jung-un has been, you know, pretty straight with me i think. he likes testing ...

Pretty straight with me, i think, and were going to see whats going on. were going to see whats happening. he likes testing missiles, but we never restricted short-range missiles. well see what happens. many nations test those missiles. we tested a very big one the other day, as you probably noticed. >> i want to discuss this now with former u.s. special representative for north korean policy, joseph yun. he is now a cnn global affairs analyst. good to see you. so your initial reaction to the pr...

Are several of the launches, short-range ballistic missiles according to south koreas joints chiefs of staff. they had to come together and assess what the launch is all about. we know it happened early. two rockets or missiles going up. the range is interesting here. these are 380 kilometers according to the joint chiefs. we are here in seoul, about 230. certainly within range of the rockets. this is the fifth such launch since may. alone and the ninth u.s. president donald trump is acknowledgi...