UN chief 'strongly condemns' North Korea missile launch: spokesman

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned North Korea's weekend launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile and called on Pyongyang to cease "provocative actions", his spokesman said Sunday.

"The Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement issued Sunday, referring to North Korea's official name. He added that Guterres reiterated a call for Pyongyang "to immediately desist from taking any further provocative actions."