Japan, South Korea, Call on China to Do More to Stop North Korea

Japan, South Korea, Call on China to Do More to Stop North Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (L) shakes hands with her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono as they attend the Japan-ROK Foreign Minister meeting at the Ministry of foreign affairs in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2017. DAVID MAREUIL/AFP/Getty Images
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Japan and South Korea are calling on China to push its wayward ally North Korea harder so it abandons its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs, Japan’s foreign minister, Taro Kono, told reporters on Dec. 16
“We agreed that it is necessary to ask China to play even more of a role,” Kono said meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha.
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