US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea



News US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea Three-day exercise featuring nine ships comes as DPRK appears to be reasserting territorial claims in Yellow Sea Alannah Hill \| Lina Park January 17, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON South Korean, U.S. and Japanese naval vessels conduct a joint maritime exercise in seas off Jeju Island earlier this week. \| Image: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jan. 17, 2024) South Korea, the U.S. and Japan are conducting their first joint drills of the year off the southern coast of the peninsula this week, in what one expert called the largest-ever trilateral drills on responding to North Korean threats. Nine ships, including South Korea’s Sejong the Great-class destroyers (KDX-III), the U.S. USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and Japan’s Kongo guide missile destroyer, are taking part in the three-day drills set to conclude on Wednesday, according to a statement from the ROK’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The joint exercises are also aimed at promoting trilateral cooperation to respond to maritime security © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea

Three-day exercise featuring nine ships comes as DPRK appears to be reasserting territorial claims in Yellow Sea

Alannah Hill | Lina Park January 17, 2024

US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea

South Korean, U.S. and Japanese naval vessels conduct a joint maritime exercise in seas off Jeju Island earlier this week. | Image: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jan. 17, 2024)

South Korea, the U.S. and Japan are conducting their first joint drills of the year off the southern coast of the peninsula this week, in what one expert called the largest-ever trilateral drills on responding to North Korean threats.

Nine ships, including South Korea’s Sejong the Great-class destroyers (KDX-III), the U.S. USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and Japan’s Kongo guide missile destroyer, are taking part in the three-day drills set to conclude on Wednesday, according to a statement from the ROK’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The joint exercises are also aimed at promoting trilateral cooperation to respond to maritime security

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Alannah Hill works as Deputy Managing Editor at Korea Risk Group. Prior to working at the JoongAng Daily as an editor and KBS as a radio news anchor in Seoul, she worked as a radio reporter at RTHK in Hong Kong and as a reporter at Xinhua news agency in Ireland.

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