Japan, South Korea, US Hold Talks as North Korea Confirms Tactical Guided Missiles Test

By Aldgra Fredly

Japan, South Korea, and the United States held trilateral talks on Monday to discuss countermeasures to North Korea’s “series” of ballistic missile launches—the fourth already this month.

During the call, U.S. special envoy for North Korea Sung Kim expressed America’s concern over “the latest in a series of ballistic missile launches by the DPRK this month,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

Kim reiterated that North Korea’s actions were in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibiting the country from engaging in ballistic missile activities, and called on North Korea to cease its “unlawful and destabilizing activities” and reopen dialogue, Price added…