U.S. President Donald Trump said North Korea’s most recent missile test was disrespecting China on Monday, via a message posted on Twitter.

The brief tweet added that China was “trying hard”, though did not specify if this meant Beijing was applying additional diplomatic pressure on the DPRK.

“North Korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor, China, by shooting off yet another ballistic missile…but China is trying hard!” the entire tweet reads.

The president’s tweet was a response to another North Korean missile test early on Monday morning (KST).  The DPRK launched at least one short-range, probable scud missile which landed near