April 26, 2024
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US, ROK, Japan weigh joint responses if North Korea conducts nuclear test

South Korea’s top security adviser vows ‘different’ measures from past after meeting with US and Japanese counterparts

The national security advisers of the U.S., South Korea and Japan held their first trilateral meeting in Hawaii on Thursday, discussing joint responses if North Korea conducts a seventh nuclear test, according to Seoul’s presidential office.

U.S. and South Korean authorities have warned for months that the DPRK has completed preparations for a nuclear test, though Pyongyang has yet to carry one out.

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