South Korea Wants To Strengthen Cooperation With US-Japan To Face North Korea's Threat

JAKARTA - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said his party was focused on strengthening cooperation with the United States and Japan amid the threat of North Korea's missiles and nuclear.

North Korea recently stepped up activity on the Korean Peninsula by firing dozens of artillery shells near the borders of North Korea and South Korea. The activity has been going on for three consecutive days.

"We will encourage cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan, which has been institutionalized at the Trilateral Summit of Camp David, to take place more intensely and faster," said Cho Tae-yul at the confirmation session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.

He stressed that his party would seek to prevent the development of North Korea's nuclear weapons and cooperate with the international community to convince Pyongyang that "the only way to survive" is to carry out diplomacy to achieve denuclearization.

"Denuclearization and efforts to strengthen the prevention of nuclear development have become urgent tasks as North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities have reached a level that could threaten our safety," he said.

Cho implies the world is now dominated by power logic, and it refers to some global challenges, such as war in Ukraine and rivalry between the United States and China.

Cho added that it will strengthen efforts to enhance cooperation between South Korea and the United States, improve diplomatic relations with Japan, and focus on building trust with China for future cooperation.