Defense ministers of Japan, US, South Korea to meet in Singapore

The defense ministers of Japan, the United States, and South Korea are planning to mull North Korea's missile tests.

Report informs, citing Anadolu, that Nobuo Kishi, Lloyd Austin, and Lee Jong-sup will take place as part of the security forum Shangri-La Dialogue scheduled for Singapore on June 10-12.

The agenda includes response measures due to Pyongyang's missile tests.

On June 5, North Korea launched eight short-range ballistic missiles toward the Japan Sea.

The tests were held after three-day joint drills organized by South Korea and the United States for the first time in 4.5 years.

These have been the 17th missile tests by North Korea since the beginning of the year.

South Korea and the United States responded to North Korea's missile launches by launching eight ballistic missiles in the direction of the Sea of Japan.