World leaders convened an emergency meeting on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in Thailand to condemn North Korea after it tested a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile
Separately, police fired rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters in Bangkok as the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, was opening the conference.
Thailand's Prayuth earlier urged participants at the summit to seek sustainable growth and development after economic and social challenges from COVID, climate change and geopolitical rivalries. The APEC gathering is the third summit in the region in the past week. A Southeast Asian summit that included China, Japan and the United States was held in Cambodia while the Group of 20 nations met on the Indonesian island of Bali.
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