Korea-US-Japan Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairpersons to Meet After 7 Months

Discussion on North Korea Response Measures at the Trilateral Chiefs of Staff Meeting of South Korea, the US, and Japan on the 20th Today

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[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] The chiefs of staff of South Korea, the United States, and Japan will meet for the first time in about seven months.

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the 13th, General Kim Seung-gyeom, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, will hold a Tri-CHOD meeting with General Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Yamazaki Koji, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (equivalent to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), in the United States on the 20th (local time) to discuss responses to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

This meeting was arranged as an opportunity for the South Korean and U.S. chiefs of staff to participate in the 47th Military Committee Meeting (MCM) hosted by the United States at the end of this month. The chiefs of staff of South Korea, the United States, and Japan last met on March 31 this year at the Indo-Pacific Command at Camp Smith, Hawaii, USA. At that time, the three chiefs of staff assessed North Korea's activities, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and the security situation in Northeast Asia, and discussed cooperation measures to respond to North Korean provocations.

Ahead of this meeting, North Korea has escalated provocations by conducting tactical nuclear operational unit training, launching an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew over the Japanese archipelago, and preparing for its seventh nuclear test, so a serious assessment of the security situation is expected. The Tri-CHOD meetings have been held once or twice a year since 2010, either virtually or in person.

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