An American-English-German Trap Coming to Northeast Asia... "At the same time pressure on North Korea and China"

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US and Western ships are flocking to the Indo-Pacific region. While the US Navy's 7th Fleet is stationed in the western Pacific, Britain's two coast guard ships following the Queen Elizabeth Carrier Group will soon depart for Northeast Asia. Here, a German frigate is coordinating a visit to Korea in November, and there is also a prospect that the US Carl Vinson Carrier Group will be additionally deployed. It seems that the checks and pressures on China and North Korea are growing.

This is Kim Tae-hoon, a defense reporter specializing in defense.

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German 4,500-ton class frigate Bavaria.

It left Germany on the 2nd and is coming to Northeast Asia.

In a press release, the German government has stated that monitoring UN sanctions against North Korea and participating in multinational exercises are Bavaria's top priorities.

He said he intends to crack down on the illegal sea transshipment of oil and weapons from North Korea.

Following the visit to the South Korean naval base in November, it is known that the defense ministers of the two countries have discussed a plan to conduct joint Korean-German exercises.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth Carrier Group, which is currently calling at Guam, will visit the Busan Naval Base at the end of this month and conduct Korea-UK naval training.

The latest British coast guard ships Spey and Tama will also depart this month for regular deployment in Northeast Asia.

[Ben Wallace/British Defense Minister: The UK will always deploy two ships (Spey, Tama, etc.) in the Indo-Pacific region from the second half of this year.]

Last month, the British defense minister and the Japanese defense minister promised joint response to North Korea's illegal transshipment.

The Carl Vinson Carrier Group is expected to be added to the existing Ronald Reagan Carrier Group in the US 7th Fleet, which has jurisdiction over the Indo-Pacific.

The Carl Vinson Carrier Group, which departed from San Diego, USA on the 2nd, is expected to be deployed to Northeast Asian waters around October.

China's state-run news agency recently denounced the Queen Elizabeth Carrier Group's entry into the South China Sea as a direct challenge.

As the gathering of Western ships in the Indo-Pacific takes shape, the level of resistance between China and North Korea is expected to rise even higher.

(Video coverage: Han Il-sang, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)