South Korea, Japan, US set up three-way security hotline

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (left), US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at Camp David on Aug 18, 2023. - AFP

SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea, the United States and Japan have completed work on a three-way communication hotline, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday (Oct 17) citing a senior Seoul official, in a further sign of growing trilateral security cooperation.

The hotline comes at a time of military tensions with North Korea and China's growing regional influence. The three countries' leaders announced a commitment to consult each other in times of crisis at a summit in Camp David in August.