The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is “very, very concerned” about North Korea’s recent missile launches, the U.S. ambassador to the UN told reporters in New York on Friday.

The remarks, from U.S. ambassador Kelly Craft, came as the Americans have rotated to the head of the UNSC for the month of December.

They also came with just weeks remaining before North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s year-end deadline for a nuclear deal — and days after a top DPRK official taunted Washington over what kind of “Christmas gift” the U.S. wanted to receive from Pyongyang.

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