Japan, the United States and South Korea decided to take action against North Korea

Japan, the United States and South Korea are on the brink Summit meeting in Phnom PenhCambodia’s capital discussed joint action against North Korea. According to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, it was decided to take decisive steps.

Ahead of the meeting, Kishida said the meeting was timely and he wanted to increase cooperation with the two countries in order to respond decisively in the face of possible further provocations by Pyongyang.

The partnership between Japan, the United States and South Korea is more important than ever

US President Joe Biden said at the beginning of the talks with Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Sok Yul that North Korea continued its provocative behavior and that this partnership has become more important than ever.

The leaders of Japan, South Korea and the United States also discussed the need to intensify deterrence against North Korea as the country has been firing missiles at an increasing pace since the beginning of the year.

North Korea’s series of missile launches in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions has raised fears that the country may soon conduct its seventh nuclear test, and its first since 2017.

More and more provocations

Recent provocations include a missile launch, which occurred in early October for the first time in five years over the Japanese archipelago It flew, as well as an ICBM earlier this month.

Kishida, Biden and Yoon last met at the end of June on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid.

Since Yun succeeded the left-leaning Moon Jae-in in May, South Korea has taken a tougher stance on North Korea and expressed a desire to boost defense cooperation with the United States and Japan.

Russia and China are also the subject of talks

In late September, the three countries conducted underwater exercises for the first time in five years, and a joint ballistic missile detection exercise in early October.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is also discussed, as is China, which Japan fears will use the invasion as a reason to invade Taiwan.