U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks during a media briefing at the department in Washington, Aug. 16, 2021. U.S. called on the international community Wednesday to condemn North Korea's latest missile launches and to implement all U.N. Security Council sanctions on the recalcitrant state. AP-Yonhap

The United States called on the international community Wednesday to condemn North Korea's latest missile launches and to implement all U.N. Security Council sanctions on the recalcitrant state.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price made the call in a briefing, calling the North Korean missile launches a threat to the region and to the entire world.

"We know that the DPRK's ongoing provocations pose a threat to the region, pose a threat to all of us," the spokesperson said, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

"And it's incumbent on the international community to join us in condemning the DPRK's flagrant and repeated violations of these multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions and to uphold their obligations under all relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions," he added.

Meanwhile, the U.S. reportedly plans to call for a U.N. Security Council vote on imposing tougher sanctions on the North for its provocations.