S. Korea, US, Japan share information, discuss response to NK missile launch

Senior diplomats from South Korea, the United States, and Japan held telephone consultations on Friday to share information and discuss potential responses following North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches, as reported by The Korea Times. The missile firing, which took place on Thursday amid ongoing military exercises between South Korea and the U.S., was strongly denounced by Pyongyang as rehearsals for war.

The diplomats involved included Baek Yong-jin, director general for Korean Peninsula policy at the South Korean foreign ministry, David Wilezol, deputy assistant secretary for Northeast Asia at the U.S. State Department, and Takashi Ariyoshi, deputy director-general at the Japanese foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau.

The three officials discussed relevant information and future responses, noting that their countries maintain a channel for promptly sharing information and assessments whenever North Korea launches ballistic missiles.

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