A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained, interrogated for eight hours and eventually expelled over his reporting in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress, the British broadcaster said on Monday.
The UN Security Council hastily met for closed-door talks on North Korea's failed test-firing of ballistic missiles, the latest defiance from Pyongyang of UN resolutions.
The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea over its ballistic missile launches and demanded Pyongyang to refrain from further violations of UN resolutions.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday blasted North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket as a blatant breach of five UN resolutions and demanded Pyongyang comply with international law.
South Korea resumed high-decibel propaganda broadcasts into North Korea as the US ramped up pressure on China to bring Pyongyang to heel after its latest nuclear test.
