South Korea, US, Japan agree framework for military exercises Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
The defense chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan on Sunday agreed to stage pre-planned trilateral military exercises from next January with a multi-year framework, marking a significant stride in enhancing trilateral security cooperation in the face of escalating North Korean threats. The three-way meeting was held for the first time in Seoul since South Korea's new Defense Minister Shin Won-sik an.