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Phnom Penh: 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 (Nov 13), a day before a high-stakes encounter with Chin" "--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---" "a's Xi Jinping.

A record-breaking spate of launches by North Korea 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 North Korea's ""unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs"", the White House said.

The three-way meeting on the sidelines of an East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh comes after a flurry of tests by North Korea earlier this month, including an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Pyongyang ramped up its launches in response to large-scale US-South Korean air exercises, which North Korea 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.

ADVERTISEMENT US National Security Advisor 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 6 something Beijing bitterly opposes.

""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.

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North Korea fires four ballistic missiles: South Korean military DIPLOMATIC BLITZ 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.

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.

ADVERTISEMENT 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"".

While the president did not refer to China by name, Washington has long criticised what it says are Beijing's efforts to undermine international norms on everything from intellectual property to human rights.

Biden and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang were seated on either side of the host, Cambodian leader Hun Sen, at a gala dinner to mark the ASEAN summit on Saturday night.

Biden goes into the meeting with Xi buoyed by unexpectedly successful midterm elections at home, where his Democratic Party retained control of the US Senate and saw off predictions of a Republican ""red wave"".

For his part, Xi was anointed last month for a historic third term as paramount leader by the Chinese Communist Party congress.

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