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The Star
11-07-2025
- Politics
- The Star
South Korea, US and Japan top military chiefs meet in Seoul
Gen, Yoshihide Yoshida (right), Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of Japan, Adm. Kim Myung-soo, chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, and John Daniel Caine (left) Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, pose during a Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 11, 2025. -- AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon SEOUL (AFP): The top military chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Seoul Friday, as US President Donald Trump piles pressure on Washington's allies over defence spending and trade. General Dan Caine, the top US military officer, held talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Myung-soo, and Japan's General Yoshihide Yoshida, as part of an annual meeting on regional security.
Boston Globe
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
South Korea, US, and Japan hold aerial drill in demonstration of strength against North Korea
'They urged the DPRK to immediately cease all unlawful activities to destabilize the Korean Peninsula, the Indo-Pacific, and beyond, and pledged to continue working together to respond to the DPRK's threats,' according to a joint press statement. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's formal name. Advertisement North Korea and Russia have grown sharply closer in recent years, with North Korea supplying thousands of troops and ammunitions to Russia in return for economic and military assistance. Seoul, Washington and their partners worry Russia might provide North Korea with sensitive technologies that can enhance its nuclear and missile programs as well. The three joint chiefs of staff chairmen — South Korea's Kim Myung-soo, the United States' Dan Caine and Japan's Yoshida Yoshihide — discussed various ways to deepen their cooperation in order to ensure peace and stability in the region, according to the joint statement. Advertisement Also Friday, the three countries staged a trilateral aerial drill in international waters off South Korea's southern Jeju island. The training, which involves nuclear-capable B-52H bombers from the U.S., is meant to improve the deterrence and response capabilities against North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, according to South Korea's Defense Ministry. In recent years, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have been expanding or restarting their regular military training exercises to cope with North Korea's enlarging nuclear arsenal. North Korea views such U.S.-led drills as invasion rehearsals and often responds with missile tests. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, was to begin a three-day trip to North Korea on Friday, according to North Korean and Russian state media reports earlier this week. Russia's Tass news agency, citing Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, reported Wednesday that Lavrov's North Korea trip was part of the second round of 'strategic dialogue' with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui. Lavrov and Choe's earlier meeting took place in November in Moscow. Some South Korean analysts said Lavrov may discuss arranging a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Russia.
Japan Today
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
S Korea, U.S. and Japan urge N Korea to cease all unlawful activities
From left: John Daniel Caine, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Admiral Kim Myung-soo, chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff; and General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of Japan, pose during a Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. Top South Korean, U.S. and Japanese military officers urged North Korea to cease all unlawful activities that threaten regional security, as the three nations flew advanced warplanes for a joint exercise in a show of force against the North. The development came Friday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was to travel to North Korea amid booming military and other cooperation between the two countries that have raised concerns among their neighbors. During their regular meeting in Seoul on Friday, the chairmen of the joint chiefs of staff from South Korea, the U.S. and Japan discussed North Korea's deployment of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine and Russia's potential transfer of military technology to North Korea in return. 'They urged the DPRK to immediately cease all unlawful activities to destabilize the Korean Peninsula, the Indo-Pacific, and beyond, and pledged to continue working together to respond to the DPRK's threats,' the three top military officers said in a joint statement. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's formal name. North Korea and Russia have grown sharply closer in recent years, with North Korea supplying thousands of troops and ammunitions to Russia in return for economic and military assistance. Seoul, Washington and their partners worry Russia might provide North Korea with sensitive technologies that can enhance its nuclear and missile programs as well. The three joint chiefs of staff — South Korea's Kim Myung-soo, the United States' Dan Caine and Japan's Yoshida Yoshihide — discussed various ways to deepen their cooperation in order to ensure peace and stability in the region, according to the joint statement. Also Friday, the three countries staged a trilateral aerial drill in international waters off South Korea's southern Jeju island. The training, which involves America's nuclear-capable B-52H bomber, is meant to improve the deterrence and response capabilities against North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile programs, according to South Korea's Defense Ministry. In recent years, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have been expanding or restarting their regular military training exercises to cope with North Korea's enlarging nuclear arsenal. North Korea views such U.S.-led drills as invasion rehearsals and often responds with missile tests. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, was to begin a three-day trip to North Korea on Friday, according to North Korean and Russian state media reports earlier this week. Russia's Tass news agency, citing Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, reported Wednesday that Lavrov's North Korea trip was part of the second round of 'strategic dialogue' with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui. Lavrov and Choe's earlier meeting took place in November in Moscow. Some South Korean analysts said Lavrov may discuss arranging a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Russia. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
Toronto Star
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Star
South Korea, US and Japan hold aerial drill in demonstration of strength against North Korea
Gen, Yoshihide Yoshida, 1st right, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of Japan, Adm. Kim Myung-soo, chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, and John Daniel Caine, left, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, pose during a Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool) AY flag wire: true flag sponsored: false article_type: : sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_star bHasMigratedAvatar : false :
11-07-2025
- Politics
Japan SDF Chief Visits S. Korea for 1st Time since 2010
News from Japan World Jul 11, 2025 13:46 (JST) Seoul, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of staff at the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff, has become the first top uniformed officer of the Self-Defense Forces to visit South Korea since 2010. On Thursday, Yoshida held talks with Adm. Kim Myung-soo, chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss regional security issues including North Korea and measures to enhance bilateral security cooperation, according to the South Korean organization. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, also arrived in South Korea to attend Friday's meeting of the top uniformed officers of Japan, the United States and South Korea, the first such event since President Lee Jae-myung took office in June. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
