US, Japan, South Korea join forces in response to North Korean threats

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U.S. President Joe Biden met with leaders of South Korea and Japan to discuss a "coordinated" response to the deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to help Moscow's war against Ukraine and on Pyongyang's nuclear threat more broadly.

Biden met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Friday, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Lima, Peru.

Biden said the countries aim to link arms "to secure the technologies of the future and countering North Korea's dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia."

Yoon underscored North Korean troops deployment as a reminder of the "challenging security environment within and outside the region."

Pyongyang's troop deployment is a "significant development" that the U.S. will treat "with the seriousness with which it deserves to be treated," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Lima, Thursday.

Sullivan said the leaders will prepare for any potential moves from Pyongyang, including nuclear testing and ballistic missile launches as the U.S. prepares for a change of administration when Donald Trump takes office in January.

"Transitions have historically been time periods when the DPRK has taken provocative actions," Sullivan said, using the abbreviation for North Korea's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The leaders highlighted ongoing cooperation on "trilateral interoperability by sharing data in real time about ballistic missile launches" by Pyongyang and strengthening U.S. extended deterrence cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo.