(VOVWORLD) -Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told his US counterpart Lloyd Austin that the US, Japan, and South Korea should strengthen trilateral cooperation to deal with North Korea’s missile launch.
 North Korea's missile test fire in Pyongan province (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
At a press conference after the talks on Thursday, Minister Hamada said North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday and Japan strongly condemned it. Japan, the US, and South Korea should strengthen cooperation because there is a possibility that North Korea will have another launch in the near future, he said.
South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Park Yong-min called North Korea's satellite launch a serious incident in which Pyongyang took advantage of technology to violate global norms and undermine international order.