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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Hyonhee Shin

S.Korea, U.S., Japan stage anti-submarine drills amid N.Korea tension

Japanese, South Korean and U.S. Naval Vessels take part in joint anti-submarine exercises off South Korea's coast, in this handout photo provided by South Korean Navy and relased by Yonhap on September 30, 2022. South Korean Navy/Yonhap via REUTERS

The navies of South Korea, the United States and Japan staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises for the first time in five years on Friday, amid tension over North Korea's series of missile tests.

The drills were held in international waters off the Korean peninsula's east coast, just a day after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Seoul and the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas.

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