U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on Wednesday with the defense ministers of South Korea and Japan about the threats posed by North Korea after missile launches by Pyongyang, the Pentagon said.
International tension has been rising over a series of North Korean ballistic missile tests, actions long banned by the U.N. Security Council. January was a record month of such tests, with at least seven launches including a new type of "hypersonic missile" able to maneuver at high speed.
"The leaders emphasized that the DPRK's ballistic missile launches are destabilizing to regional security and a clear violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement, using the acronym for North Korea's official name.South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook said the launches posed a "direct and serious threat", and vowed to bolster response capabilities based on the U.S. alliance.
The three ministers agreed to hold an in-person meeting in the near future, his office said in a statement, without specifying the date. North Korea boasted on Tuesday that it is one of only a handful of countries in the world to field nuclear weapons and advanced missiles and the only one standing up to the United States by "shaking the world" with missile tests.
An excerpt of a confidential United Nations report said that North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the past year and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang.Reporting by Idrees Ali and Eric Beech in Washington and Hyonhee Shin in Seoul; Editing by Stephen CoatesSubscribe to our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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