Apec leaders condemn N.Korean missile launch

A man reacts as television news shows file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Friday. A suspected ICBM launched by North Korea on Friday is believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic waters. (Photo: AFP)

Leaders of the United States, South Korea, Japan and allied countries held an emergency meeting during the Apec summit in Bangkok on Friday and condemned North Korea’s firing of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, calling for a united response.

The missile, which landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) about 200 kilometres off Hokkaido, was capable of reaching the mainland United States, Japanese officials said.