This file photo taken on Jan 25, 2022 and released by the DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan 28 shows what the DPRK says is a long-range cruise missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an undisclosed location.
(STR / AFP / KCNA VIA)
WASHINGTON – The US special representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will meet with Japanese and Republic of Korea officials later this week, the US State Department said on Sunday, following a series of ballistic missile tests US officials said Pyongyang launched last month.
US Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to Honolulu from Feb 10-15 to host a trilateral meeting "to discuss a broad range of issues, including the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," the department said in a statement.
US Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to Honolulu from Feb 10-15 to host a trilateral meeting "to discuss a broad range of issues, including the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula"
The DPRK has long been banned from conducting nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches by the UN Security Council, but the United States and others have said it carried out nine ballistic missile launches in January – the most in a single month in the history of the country's nuclear and missile programs.
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The United Nations, in a confidential report seen by Reuters, said the DPRK continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the past year in addition to cyberattacks on Cryptocurrency exchanges.
Japanese Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Funakoshi Takehiro and the ROK's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Noh Kyu-duk, will also attend the meetings.
"The US will reiterate its commitment to regional security and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula," at a Feb 12 Trilateral Ministerial meeting, the department added.
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