Japan, U.S., South Korea vow to keep effective defense cooperation

The top military officers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed to maintain "effective bilateral and multilateral security cooperation and coordination" to deal with North Korea's missile and nuclear threats.Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reaffirmed the United States' "ironclad commitment" to defending the two East Asian allies, in a meeting Thursday near Washington with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Gen. Koji Yamazaki and Gen. Kim Seung Kyum, according to the U.S. and Japanese governments.The talks came as North Korea has been launc…READ FULL ARTICLE