Jake Sullivan is US President Joe Biden's National Security Advisor. (Photo Credit: AFP)
- The meeting will happen at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
- Suh Hoon and Shigeru Kitamura will be representing South Korea and Japan
- Tensions between US and North Korea have been mounting with the recent missile tests
North Korea has mounted its weapon stockpile under the rule of Kim Jong Un. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI)
- The statements were made by Ri Pyong Chol, who was responsible for the testing
- Norrth Korea tested a "tactical guided system" on Thursday
- "I think that the new US administration obviously took its first step wrong," Ri said in a statement
President Joe Biden speaks at his first news conference after taking office. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI File)
- North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea Thursday
- Pyongyang is banned from developing ballistic missiles under UN resolutions
- Biden said the North had violated resolutions by testing "those particular missiles"
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting in Pyongyang. (Photo Credit: AP/PTI)
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's estranged half-brother was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur in 2017
- Relation between Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur took a major downturn since then
- Earlier, Malaysia had been one of the nuclear-armed country's few allies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met South Korean foreign minister Chung Eui-yong in Seoul on Thursday. (Photo credit: PTI)
- North Korea accused Joe Biden administration of adopting a lunatic theory
- Antony Blinken met South Korean foreign minister Chung Eui-yong in Seoul on Thursday
- Blinken is US Secretary of State
President Joe Biden speaks during an event. (Photo credit: AP/PTI)
- US say they have attempted to reach out to Pyongyang through "several channels"
- Pyongyang is notorious for its nasty name-calling of US presidents
- Dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington has been deadlocked since 2019 Hanoi summit collapse
Kim Yo Jong is a key adviser to her brother Kim Jong Un. (Photo credit: AFP)