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White House, which has been reviewing North Korea policy, has officially confirmed that it is in the final stage.

It has suggested that the ROK-US-Japan Security Command Tower meeting, which will be held next week, will be in de facto final stage.



Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports from Washington.



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White House says that the review of North Korea policy, which has continued since the inauguration of the Biden administration, has now reached its final stage.



[Jen Saki/White House Spokesperson: We are at the final stage of a review of intensive and multi-interested North Korean policy.]



Japan-Korea security, including Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Advisor, Seo Hoon, Head of the Blue House National Security Office, Kitamura Shigeru, Japan National Security Bureau. The Command Tower's meeting in Washington next week


will be

an important step in reviewing North Korea policy

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In fact, it implied that this meeting would be the final step in making policy decisions toward North Korea.



[Jen Saki/White House Spokesperson: We will discuss our policy review toward North Korea together next week in a three-way dialogue with the security officers of South Korea and Japan.

These discussions will be an important part of the review process.]



At the ROK-US-Japan meeting, we are also expecting a fierce battle between the South Korean government insisting on active dialogue with North Korea and the Japanese government calling for strong responses to provocations.



US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said he will preside over the UN Security Council on a burn on the 29th.



It is a discussion on the human rights situation in Syria, but as President Biden emphasized that the North Korean ballistic missile launch is a violation of the UN resolution, it is noteworthy whether the North Korean issue will be discussed.