US, Japan and South Korea will join forces to “repel violence” from North Korea | Abroad

During a meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Jakarta, the three countries reaffirmed their cooperation. Washington’s commitment to support Seoul and Tokyo “is set in stone and backed by all our capabilities, including nuclear,” the three countries wrote in a joint statement.

The countries also pledge to ensure that existing UN sanctions against North Korea are fully implemented. With their cooperation, the ministers want to prevent illegal income from flowing to the People’s Republic. They are “generated through foreign workers and malicious cyber activities to fund its weapons program,” it sounds.

Park Jin, South Korea’s foreign minister, said the ballistic missile was fired on Wednesday at a meeting of regional delegates in Jakarta. North Korea had also sent a representative.

“What North Korea is doing is completely against the expectations of the international community,” Park said. He hopes that this trilateral treaty will strengthen his country to respond to such “provocations”. United Nations resolutions prohibit North Korea from firing ballistic missiles. Depending on the model, they can be equipped with a nuclear warhead.

On Wednesday, North Korea fired a long-range missile that reached an altitude of 6,000 kilometers, according to the Japanese defense ministry. According to the Japanese, it was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the most powerful missile that North Korea has in its arsenal. She flew for about 74 minutes during the test before falling into the sea, authorities in Tokyo and Seoul said.

According to the North Korean state news agency KCNA, leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the launch. They claim the explosion shook “the whole planet”.