"Biden seeks North Korea strategy in talks with Japan, South Korea before Xi Jinping meeting at G20 A record-breaking spate of launches by the North in recent weeks sent fears soaring the reclusive
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		"Biden seeks North Korea strategy in talks with Japan, South Korea before Xi Jinping meeting at G20

A record-breaking spate of launches by the North in recent weeks sent fears soaring the reclusive regime will soon carry out its seventh nuclear test Biden will use his talks with Xi on Monday to urge " "--START AD- #TheMummichogblogOfMalta Amazon Top and Flash Deals(Affiliate Link - You will support our translations if you purchase through the following link) - https://amzn.to/3CqsdJH Compare all the top travel sites in just one search to find the best hotel deals at HotelsCombined - awarded world's best hotel price comparison site. (Affiliate Link - You will support our translations if you purchase through the following link) - https://www.hotelscombined.com/?a_aid=20558 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."" #Jesus #Catholic. END AD---" "China to use its influence as the North’s main ally to press Kim Jong-un’s regime to cool down

US President Joe Biden will seek ways to rein in Pyongyang after its barrage of missile tests in talks with South Korean and Japanese leaders on Sunday, a day before a high-stakes encounter with China’s Xi Jinping. A record-breaking spate of launches by the North in recent weeks has sent fears soaring that the reclusive regime will soon carry out its seventh nuclear test. The White House says Biden will press China to curb Pyongyang’s activities when he holds his first face-to-face meeting with Xi on Monday on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Indonesia. Biden will meet his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday to discuss ways to address the threat posed by the North’s “unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes”, the White House said. Raising the stakes: How North Korea became a nuclear state 02:44

Raising the stakes: How North Korea became a nuclear state

Raising the stakes: How North Korea became a nuclear state The three-way meeting on the sidelines of an East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh comes after flurry of tests by the North earlier this month, including an intercontinental ballistic missile. Pyongyang ramped up its launches in response to large-scale US-South Korean air exercises, which the North described as “aggressive and provocative”. Biden will use his closely watched talks with Xi on Monday to urge China to use its influence as North Korea’s main ally to press Kim Jong-un’s regime to cool down. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the president would not make demands but would warn Xi that further missile and nuclear build-up would mean the United States boosting its military presence in the region – something Beijing bitterly opposes. Biden eyes boosting US-Asean ties in first post-pandemic ‘summit season’ 9 Nov 2022

“North Korea represents a threat not just to the United States, not just to [South Korea] and Japan but to peace and stability across the entire region,” Sullivan told reporters. Biden flew to Phnom Penh from the COP27 climate conference as part of US efforts to boost its influence in Southeast Asia as a counter to China. EVERY SATURDAY A weekly curated round-up of social, political and economic stories from China and how they impact the world. GET THE NEWSLETTER By registering, you agree to our T&C and Privacy Policy China has been flexing its muscles – through trade, diplomacy and military clout – in recent years in a region it sees as its strategic backyard. Biden took a veiled swipe at Beijing in talks with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional bloc. He said the United States would work with Asean to “defend against the significant threats to rules-based order and threats to the rule of law”. What is the Apec forum? 13 Mar 2019

Sunday’s East Asia Summit rounds off the first leg of a trilogy of summits, with the G20 on the holiday island of Bali and an Apec gatheri