North Korea criticised a recent agreement by Japan and the United States on co-producing air-to-air missiles as aggravating regional security risks and another example of Washington's push to militarize Japan,

BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday voiced "serious concerns" over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs as well as its growing military cooperation with Russia, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun agreed North Korea must remain nuclear-free while discussing matters in East Asia via telephone.

Top diplomats from Japan, the United States and South Korea held three-way talks on Thursday on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministerial meeting in Belgium.

This lady is not usually known for her goodwill toward the United States. (KCTV) Relations between North Korea and the United States since the end of the Korean War in 1953 have been tense at best.

North Korea's IT workers have expanded operations beyond the United States and are now increasingly targeting organizations across Europe.

North Korean IT workers expand operations in Europe, using fake identities, freelance platforms, and extortion to infiltrate organizations.

North Korean operatives have created an extensive ecosystem of fraudulent personas to evade detection and maintain operational flexibility beyond the United States.

But the official referred to the AIM-120 air-to-air missile system that the US and Japan have agreed to accelerate co-producing during US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to Tokyo on M arch 3 0.