N Korea carries out sixth missile launch in two weeks
Pyongyang on Wednesday described its recent blitz as "just counteraction measures" to joint US and South Korean military drills.
On Tuesday, Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan, prompting the US to call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
At the meeting, the US accused Russia and China of protecting the North from stronger sanctions.
By opposing further sanctions, Moscow and Beijing had given Pyongyang "blanket protection", the US ambassador to the UN said. The Chinese and Russian representatives said increased dialogue was better than punishment.
For the past two months, the US, South Korea and Japan have been holding a series of combined exercises as they practice defeating and deterring North Korean attacks. These drills have antagonised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who sees them as proof his enemies are preparing for war.
In its statement the North accused the US of "escalating the military tensions on the Korean peninsula".
On Wednesday the US, Japan and South Korea carried out further drills, which they said were a response to Tuesday's launch. The US said there was "no equivalency" between a banned missile test-fire and security drills.
The US also redeployed its aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagan near the Korean peninsula.
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