US, South Korea, Japan Pledge Cooperation to Block North Korea Missile Financing

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim (L), Japan Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Takehiro Funakoshi (C), and South Korea Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn pose for photographers prior to hold trilateral meeting on North Korea at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2022. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

South Korea, Japan, and the United States will work closely to prevent North Korea from evading international sanctions and financing its nuclear program through illegal cyber activities and other methods, according to South Korea’s government.

The three countries’ top nuclear envoys held a Dec. 13 meeting in Indonesia to discuss North Korean nuclear threats, South Korea’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.