{"id":126379,"date":"2024-11-16T04:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126379"},"modified":"2024-11-16T04:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:42:48","slug":"biden-praises-cooperation-at-meeting-with-south-korean-japanese-leaders-amid-north-korea-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126379","title":{"rendered":"Biden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid North Korea worries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">LIMA, Peru (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea&#8217;s \u201cdangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Biden spoke at the start of a meeting in Peru with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the sidelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lima-peru-protests-dina-boluarte-government-apec-biden-xi-f5b0ea4611ab7b49e2e3d35c4a778412\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit<\/a>. The talks came amid heightened concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-ukraine-059d73e4c3492c19b555476b2fb45ca9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:North Korea\u2019s growing military partnership with Russia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">North Korea\u2019s growing military partnership with Russia<\/a> and Pyongyang\u2019s stepped-up <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-missile-launch-united-states-4173ce128b8336b2cb315a3bf62c6980\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cadence of ballistic missile tests;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cadence of ballistic missile tests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Biden celebrated the partnership between Japan and South Korea, two countries that have historical enmity but under Biden&#8217;s presidency are now tightening security and economic ties as their corner of the world becomes more complicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Biden noted that it would be his last meeting with them but that the trilateral partnership should be preserved for years to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI\u2019m proud of how far we\u2019ve come,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWhatever the issue, we\u2019ve taken it on together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The meeting comes as North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to Russia to help Moscow try to claw back land in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-kursk-incursion-ca6d18d06606794580bdc779d2c98134\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kursk border region;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kursk border region<\/a> that Ukraine seized earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cAs we can see from the recent deployment of DPRK troops to Russia, the challenging security environment within and outside the region once again reminds us the importance of our trilateral cooperation,\u201d Yoon said, using the initials for North Korea\u2019s formal name and speaking through a translator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Ishiba also emphasized the importance of the three nations acting as a bulwark against North Korea and pointed to recent military exercises between the three nations as a sign of cooperation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-china-navy-aircraft-carrier-exercise-8efda0f84ab856912faf2e0d9c9dbf56\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:three-day exercise in June;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">three-day exercise in June<\/a> was geared toward improving joint ballistic missile defense, anti-submarine warfare, surveillance and other skills and capabilities and to help the three countries improve their ability to share missile warnings \u2014 increasingly important as North Korea tests ever-more sophisticated systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI look forward to furthering our partnership in response against North Korea and in many other areas,\u201d Ishiba said through a translator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-missile-launch-sea-us-elections-3c00eaae880d1cdeb79f7c9aa0aded9d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a series of ballistic missile tests;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a series of ballistic missile tests<\/a> in the lead-up to this month\u2019s U.S. election and is claiming progress on efforts to build <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-missile-launch-377c07eac46ad41bda0d4445df6f51d5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:capability to strike the U.S. mainland;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">capability to strike the U.S. mainland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">White House officials are concerned that Pyongyang could be dialed up for more provocative action ahead of President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration and the early days of his administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI do not think we can count on a period of quiet with the DPRK,\u201d said White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. \u201cThe transitions have historically been time periods when the DPRK has taken provocative actions both before and after the transition from one president to a new president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Biden is on a six-day visit to Latin America for the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-trump-apec-g20-latin-america-peru-8b317fc2c4f161a60f1a17d52eac3f0a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:final major international summits of his presidency;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">final major international summits of his presidency<\/a>, following up APEC with a gathering in Brazil of leaders from the Group of 20 top economies. He&#8217;s likely to face questions from world leaders about the incoming administration as they turn their attention to what Donald Trump&#8217;s return to the White House will mean for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Biden took part in an informal meeting with other APEC leaders and met with Peru President Dina Boluarte. He also met one-on-one with Ishiba, their first in-person since the Japanese prime minister took office on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The growing North Korea-Russia relationship was top of mind for the three-country meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-north-korea-war-735ab717dcf92a718adcb68bfbddc653\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:North Korean troops to the Russia-Ukraine conflict;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">North Korean troops to the Russia-Ukraine conflict<\/a> comes as Moscow has seen a favorable shift in momentum in the grinding war on its neighbor. Trump has signaled that he could push Ukraine to agree to give up some land seized by Russia to find an end to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Up to 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, according to U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian assessments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials say North Korea also has provided Russia with significant amounts of munitions. South Korea\u2019s spy agency said last month that North Korea had sent more than 13,000 containers of artillery, missiles and other <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-north-korea-putin-kim-agreement-7221909867dbb999de8adb23604e3c79\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:conventional arms to Russia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">conventional arms to Russia<\/a> since August 2023 to replenish its dwindling weapons stockpiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The talks between the U.S., South Korea and Japan follow up on a partnership launched at a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/camp-david-summit-biden-south-korea-japan-0bc36bb3705a3dc1b69dc8cd47b35dd3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:historic 2023 meeting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">historic 2023 meeting<\/a> at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Biden nudged Japan and South Korea to put aside years of historic animosity and strengthen economic and security ties as the countries confront the threat from North Korea as well increasing military assertiveness by China in the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The three countries signed a pledge agreeing to consult, share information and align their messaging with each other in the face of a threat or crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Sullivan said the Biden administration is working to ensure the three-country cooperation is \u201can enduring feature of American policy.\u201d He expects it would continue under Trump, noting its bipartisan support, but acknowledged it was up to the incoming president\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Both Yoon and Ishiba already have reached out to Trump and are aiming to keep their countries\u2019 relationships with the incoming administration on steady footing amid the heightened tensions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">South Korea\u2019s presidential office says Yoon also would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping Friday to discuss economic cooperation and cultural exchanges as well as the security situation on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-missile-launch-sea-us-elections-3c00eaae880d1cdeb79f7c9aa0aded9d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles<\/a> into the sea just hours before Election Day in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Those launches came days after Kim supervised a flight test of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-missile-launch-377c07eac46ad41bda0d4445df6f51d5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the country\u2019s newest intercontinental ballistic missile;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the country\u2019s newest intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a> designed to be able to reach the U.S. mainland. In response, the United States flew <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-bomber-north-korea-missile-test-43b568921a7521468167fe30915cd943\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a long-range B-1B bomber;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a long-range B-1B bomber<\/a> in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in a show of force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Santana reported from Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/biden-meet-south-korean-japanese-124742814.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIMA, Peru (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea&#8217;s \u201cdangerous and destabilizing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126379\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}