ROK, U.S., and Japan Officials Discuss Conducting Trilateral Military Training

This is something that has been done in the past, but was suspended under the liberal Moon Jae-in administration. Now with a new President it appears restarting trilateral cooperation may soon become a reality:

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin, pose for a photo before their talks on the sidelines of a security forum in Singapore, June 11. Yonhap

The defense chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Saturday to step up cooperation to counter North Korea’s missile threats through their combined regular security exercises, including missile warning drills, Seoul’s defense ministry said. 

Lee Jong-sup and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Lloyd Austin and Nobuo Kishi, reached the agreement during their gathering held on the margins of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

Korea Times

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