Missile warning data sharing between S. Korea, U.S., Japan to be operational in ′next few days′: White House official

Missile warning data sharing between S. Korea, U.S., Japan to be operational in 'next few days': White House official: General / 송상호 / 2023-12-14 01:08:34

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▲ Mira Rapp-Hooper, National Security Council senior director for East Asia and Oceania, speaks during a forum hosted by the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 13, 2023 in this photo captured during live streamlining of the forum from the institution's YouTube account. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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Missile warning data sharing between S. Korea, U.S., Japan to be operational in 'next few days': White House official

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- A system for the real-time sharing of North Korean ballistic missile warning data between South Korea, the United States and Japan is expected to become operational "within the next few days," a White House official said Wednesday.

Mira Rapp-Hooper, the National Security Council senior director for East Asia and Oceania, made the remarks, touching on progress in trilateral cooperation since the landmark Camp David summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in August.

"We are on track to make good on our promise to be sharing real-time missile warning data by the end of this year and in fact, expect that to be operational within the next few days," she said during a keynote speech at the forum hosted by the Brookings Institution.

At the August summit, Yoon, Biden and Kishida agreed to operationalize the trilateral real-time system by the end of this year as their countries have been stepping up security coordination in the face of evolving North Korean nuclear and missile threats.

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