Winston Peters, the party chief of the New Zealand First Party, however, refused to say which party he would side with

"Nowadays all the primary schools in my country have made Chinese-language courses available to students," said Cho, who was believed by some local media to have given the strongest push to the achievement

The ROK's military said it conducted a live-fire drill by mobilizing Hyunmoo-2A ballistic missiles about six minutes after the DPRK's missile launch

We should engage in meaningful negotiations," he told reporters after the consultations

China will also be contributing technical expertise and equipment in the future