US, South Korea and Japan to hold trilateral drill

South Korea, the US and Japan would go ahead with a trilateral military drill next month in response to North Korean nuclear threats, officials in Seoul said yesterday, a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called US hostilities.The development further dims prospects for an early resumption of dipl

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korea's military said Friday that a trilateral exercise involving the United States and Japan will be held next month to boost

Although Japanese leaders have been publicly quiet, this incident highlights several points of concern that have existed since the second Trump administration.

North Korea has previously slammed the trilateral drill as a ‘reckless show of strength’ that showed its adversaries’ confrontational stance against it

The three allies will carry out air defense, maritime missile defense, anti-submarine and cyber defense exercises, even as Donald Trump seeks to revive dialogue with Pyongyang.

The three allies will carry out air defense, maritime missile defense, anti-submarine and cyber defense exercises, even as Donald Trump seeks to revive dialogue with Pyongyang.

The announcement that the three countries will go ahead with a trilateral military drill comes a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called U.S. hostilities.

The three agreed to promote defense cooperation, just weeks after Jakarta reached a deal with Beijing to boost military ties following joint naval drills east of Taiwan.

The United States is preparing to conduct a trilateral military exercise with South Korea and Japan, the US Pacific Command said Wednesday, suggesting that the drills are on track despite the recent scaling back of a Seoul-Washington combined exercise at US President Donald Trump's directive. "In close coordination wit