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At the US-Japan summit, President Biden condemned North Korea's missile launch. Further action is likely to be the first official reaction to recent armed protests.
This is Washington correspondent Yunsu Kim.
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At the first US-Japan summit held since the inauguration of the Kishida cabinet in October last year, the leaders of the two countries met through video and raised the North Korean issue as a major agenda item along with measures for cooperation with China.
The White House said in a press release that the two leaders jointly condemned North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile.
He added that they agreed to keep close coordination on the North Korean issue while keeping pace with South Korea toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
This is the first time that President Biden's message to North Korea has been issued since North Korea's four ballistic missile launches this year.
North Korea seems to have raised the level of warning against North Korea by a notch as it raised tensions by hinting at the resumption of nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
[John Kirby / US Department of Defense Spokesperson: North Korea continues to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. The US is taking this threat very seriously.] The
possibility of additional measures such as new sanctions against North Korea has also been raised.
At a briefing shortly after the US-Japan summit meeting, a senior US official said he would have more to say about North Korea in the next few days.
Although the United States has repeatedly emphasized that there is no change in its North Korea policy of solving the problem through diplomacy, attention is focused on the US's next move as additional measures are announced in addition to the president's warning to North Korea.
(Video coverage: Oh Jeong-sik, Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)