North Korea’s new Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho (L) arrives at the main venue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) annual ministerial meeting and the Regional Security Forum in Vientiane on Monday.
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Keen attention will be placed on what Ri will say during the forum.
South Korea is ready to advance its strategic partnership with China as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their diplomatic ties next year.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks to media at a press conference during the 49th Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting.
“Under the trilateral information-sharing agreement with the U.S. and Japan, South Korea is obliged to share the information it gets on North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests with Japan through the US”.
On July 8, South Korea and the United States officially announced their decision to deploy THAAD on the Korean Peninsula.
Such scathing remarks marked a noticeably chillier tone toward the South by Beijing.
Beijing and Moscow both protested Seoul and Washington’s July 8 announcement to deploy a Thaad battery in South Korea by the end of next year, arguing it will undermine their security interests and regional stability.
Speaking in a group interview, Mr Minh said he was upbeat that Asean was able to reaffirm its fundamental position that the South China Sea disputes should be resolved peacefully through legal and diplomatic processes.
Yun told Wang that Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threats “are an issue of survival” for the South Korean people.
South Korea’s major professional sports leagues, including baseball and soccer, have been rocked by match-fixing scandals in recent years that have led to jail sentences and lifetime bans of several players and coaches. He was also said to have reassured Wang the system won’t affect third countries in any way.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. China and Russian Federation are concerned that the radar could be used as a possible method of American surveillance against them. The exact date and location of the ballistic missile is unknown.
Tensions have already been running high between North Korea which carried out its fourth nuclear test in January and the US and South Korea which have stepped up their military exercises in the region. “We plan to exchange our views on issues of mutual concern, including ties between the two countries”.
Japan is also in the Laos capital this week, a rare moment when all members of the six party talks are in the same room.
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On the same day, Yun also met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he referred to as “My dear John”.
