China said on Monday it had lodged an official protest with its ally North Korea following Pyongyang’s largest-ever nuclear weapons test. The massive explosion, which Pyongyang claimed was a miniaturised hydrogen bomb, has put the region on edge and raised questions about how Beijing will respond to its neighbour’s latest provocation. China “launched stern representations with the person in charge of the DPRK embassy in China”, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular press briefing, using an acronym for the North’s official name. “China opposes the DPRK in carrying out nuclear missile development and we are committed to denuclearisation of the peninsula. This position is well-known and the DPRK also knows this position perfectly well,” he said. “The DPRK must be very clear about that, so we hope all parties — especially the DPRK side — could exercise restraint and refrain from further escalating the tensions.” Geng did not say whether Beijing, which has long

The ballistic missile that North Korea fired over Japan Tuesday was a medium-range rocket that did not threaten US territory, the Pentagon said. “Initial assessment indicates the launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM),” the Pentagon said in a statement. “The North American Aerospace Defense Command determined this ballistic missile launch did not pose a threat to North America. US Pacific Command determined this ballistic missile launch did not pose a threat to Guam,” it said.

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