China and Russia must take action over North Korea missile launches

As U.N. Security Council permanent members, they bear a heavy responsibility

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The United Nations Security Council meets after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, at U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct.5. © Reuters

On Oct. 6, two days after launching its longest-range missile yet, North Korea once again fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

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