South Korea, the United States and Japan staged joint naval missile defence exercises on Monday, in a push to improve security co-operation and respond better to North Korea's evolving missile threats, Seoul's navy said.
Monday's drills in international waters between Korea and Japan bring together South Korea's 7,600-tonne Aegis destroyer Yulgok Yi I, the U.S. guided-missile destroyer Benfold, and Japan's Atago destroyer, also equipped with Aegis radar systems.
The effort focuses on mastering response procedures, from detection and tracking to information sharing, by creating a virtual target in a scenario featuring a North Korean ballistic missile provocation, the South's navy said. "It is an opportunity to strengthen trilateral security cooperation against North Korea's escalating nuclear and missile threats," Captain Kim Ki-young of the South Korean destroyer said in a statement.Pyongyang has"more practical and offensive" action as South Korea and U.S. forces have performed annual springtime exercises since March, some involving Japan, which the North has described as a rehearsal for nuclear war.
Separately, the air forces of South Korea and the United States are set to begin drills on Monday for aAlso on Monday, South Korea and Japan resumed "two-plus-two" talks of senior diplomatic and security officials in Seoul after a five-year halt, as ties thaw after a years-long feud over issues of wartime history.
They shared views on North Korea and regional issues, while agreeing to improve understanding of each other's policies and foster security co-operation in a "forward-looking" way, Seoul's foreign and defence ministries said in a joint statement after the meeting.to move ties with Japan beyond the past, visited Tokyo in March for the first time in 12 years as South Korea's leader.
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