South Korea, the U.S., and Japan discuss countermeasures to North Korea's ballistic missile launch
South Korea, the U.S., and Japan coordinated their response to North Korea's ballistic missile launch and shared launch information and assessments Check the trilateral consultations that immediately responded to the provocation over the East Sea and confirm the related response flow
Diplomatic authorities of South Korea, the United States, and Japan discussed countermeasures in response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile on the 3rd.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baek Yongjin, DirectorGeneral for North Korean Policy, held a telephone consultation that day with David Wylezol, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Korea and Japan, and Ariyoshi Takashi, a counselor at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and shared related information.
The three countries of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan operate a consultation channel to share intelligence and situation assessments whenever North Korea launches missiles, and North Korea launched one ballistic missile from the Wonsan area into the East Sea at around 6:30 a.m. that day. The missile is known to have flown more than 700 km, and the South Korean and U.S. military authorities are analyzing its exact specifications.